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  • David Cameron: Britain will not pay ransom after Stephen Sotloff murder

    Date: 2014-09-03 15:44:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:105 - ID:904961

    LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Britain will not pay a ransom for a hostage whose life is in the hands of the so-called Islamic State extremists and accused other countries that are willing to do so of ....

  • Daesh distributes booklets on Pakistan-Afghan border areas

    Date: 2014-09-03 14:38:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:102 - ID:904536

    KABUL, Sept 3 (MENA) - Daesh militants started distribution of pamphlets in bordering regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan in a bid to increase it’s influence in south Asian region. Local media reported that the booklets titled Fatah (victory) ....

  • NAM denounces Daesh crimes against Iraqi people

    Date: 2014-09-03 13:45:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:88 - ID:904552

    TEHRAN, Sept 3 (MENA) – The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has strongly condemned crimes committed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group against the Iraqi people, Press TV reported. Iran's Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva Mohsen Naziri-Asl, ....

  • UK will examine 'every possible option' to free British hostage held by Daesh: Hammond

    Date: 2014-09-03 12:29:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:904474

    LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The UK government will examine "every possible option" to protect a British hostage threatened with death by the so-called Islamic State extremists, The Guardian quoted Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as saying ....

  • Darul-Iftaa slams Steven Sotloff murder

    Date: 2014-09-03 12:26:59 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:71 - ID:904408

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Egypt's Darul-Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) has strongly condemned the murder of US journalist Steven Sotloff at the hands of a terrorist group. Al-Qaeda militants released a video Tuesday purporting to show the ....

  • US Officials warn against terrorist attacks on 9/11 anniversary

    Date: 2014-09-03 12:24:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:904364

    LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - U.S. officials fear Islamic militants have stolen nearly a dozen commercial planes in Libya which could be used to carry out 9/11-style terrorist attacks in the region, Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Eleven commercial jets ....

  • Iran’s FM arrives in Italy for key talks

    Date: 2014-09-03 12:07:24 GMT - Italy - World - SN:62 - ID:904410

    ROME, Sept 3 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Italian capital of Rome on the last leg of his three-nation European tour to hold key talks with the country’s senior officials, Press TV reported ....

  • Stephen Sotloff murder: operation to rescue British hostage considered

    Date: 2014-09-03 11:41:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:904365

    LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The Foreign Secretary has raised the prospect of special forces mounting an operation to rescue a British hostage whose life is in the hands of Islamist terrorists. The British government will “look at every possible option” ....

  • Luxemburg underlines Iran's right to utilize civilian n. energy

    Date: 2014-09-03 11:17:59 GMT - Iran - World - SN:57 - ID:903928

    LUXEMBOURG, Sept 3 (MENA) - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said Iran, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has the right to advance its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, FARS reported Wednesday. In a meeting ....

  • Australian PM does not rule out boots on ground in Iraq

    Date: 2014-09-03 11:15:24 GMT - Australia - World - SN:54 - ID:903944

    CANBERRA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today declined to rule out sending combat troops to support US air strikes in Iraq, amid a growing confrontation with radical Islamists who have seized large swaths of that country and ....

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