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IAEA measures being implemented by Iran: Amano

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:16

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, Monday said Iran has begun implementing measures aimed at resolving issues surrounding Tehran`s nuclear plans.

Israel to strike hard if Gaza rockets renewed

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:14

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday evening that Israel is ready to respond forcefully in case rockets firing from Gaza would renew, amid the nearing expiration of the 120-hour cease-fire truce.

Obama lauds Syria arms destruction

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:12

US President Barack Obama has lauded the destruction of Syria`s chemical weapons stockpile, which was carried out on board a US Navy ship on the Mediterranean Sea, and urged Damascus to fulfill its commitment to destroy its remaining production facilities.

We will drown all of you in blood: Islamic State warns US

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 14:50

The Islamic State militant group that has seized large parts of Iraq and drawn the first American air strikes since the end of the occupation in 2011 has warned the United States it will attack Americans "in any place" if the raids hit its militants.

US ship finishes neutralising Syria`s worst chemical arms: Pentagon

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:08

A specially equipped US ship has finished neutralising all 600 metric tons of the most dangerous of Syria`s chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened air strikes, the Pentagon said on Monday.

US troops in Ferguson as Obama calls for calm

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:05

US National Guard troops were deployed Monday after unrest in a Missouri town where a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black teenager, as President Barack Obama called for calm.

God will give me two or three more years, says Pope

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 10:02

Pope Francis has publicly broached the prospect of his own death for the first time, giving himself "two or three years" but not ruling out retirement before then.

20 workers missing after coal mine blast in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 09:58

More than 20 workers are missing after gas explosion in a coal mine in China`s eastern Anhui Province today.

Obama hails recapturing of Iraq`s Mosul Dam

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 09:56

US President Barack Obama has said the recapturing of the strategic Mosul dam in Northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, backed by the US air-strikes, is a major step forward in the fight against the Sunni militant group.