Erdogan Promises New Era

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday a “new era” of reconciliation in Turkey after winning a “historic” victory in presidential elections.

Bangladeshi ferry tolls at 125 fresh lives

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Families of scores of people presumed dead after their ferry capsized in central Bangladesh accused authorities Tuesday of launching a feeble rescue effort and leaving their loved ones trapped inside the vessel for more than 24 hours.

ISIS aims at Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Using secret tunnels built by Saddam Hussein and rough terrain to outfox Iraqi troops, ISIS insurgents are getting dangerously close to Baghdad with the support of heavily armed Sunni tribesmen, Iraqi security and intelligence officials said.

Israeli PM failed in Gaza: Hamas

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Palestinian resistance faction Hamas said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to achieve his objectives from a deadly military onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

"Netanyahu has totally failed in Gaza," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press release.

" Hamas still has the capability to act against Israel," he said, giving no further details.

Earlier Tuesday, Netanyahu said that the Israeli army had conducted "a complicated operation in the middle of tough fight," in Gaza, hours after a 72-hour cease-fire proposed by Egypt went into effect between Israel and Palestinian factions.

Netanyahu also said that his government has no "100 percent guarantee" that all tunnels linking Gaza to Israel were destroyed.

"But we did everything to complete the task," he added.

The Israeli government and Palestinian factions have endorsed an Egyptian proposal for a three-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip starting Tuesday.

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Censured over shelter deaths, Israel declares seven-hour Gaza truce

Israel said it would unilaterally hold fire in most of the Gaza Strip on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and allow some of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by an almost four-week-old war to go back to home.The announcement, made first to Palestinian media, met with suspicion from Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists and followed unusually strong censure from Washington at the apparent Israeli shelling on Sunday of a U.N.-run shelter that killed 10 people..---------Detail

Quake hits southwest China:At least 367 dead

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Chinese state media said it was felt most strongly in Yunnan as well as in the neighboring provinces of Guizhou and --------------------------------Detail

Israel's Offensive attack after declaring leave of war ?

Israel on Sunday declared dead a soldier feared abducted by Hamas Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip and said it would continue to fight even after the army completes destroying cross-border tunnels used by Palestinian fighters to attack its territory.------------------

Russia may restrict Greek fruit, U.S. poultry imports: reports

Russia may impose new food import restrictions next week, reports said on Thursday, in what could be responses to new Western sanctions over Moscow's support of rebels in Ukraine.

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A mystery: Kurdish oil cargo unloaded at sea, Where's the destination ?

The oil tanker SCF Byrranga, which was renamed the United Kalavryta in March 2014 (also known as United Kalavrvta) and is currently off the coast of Texas with a cargo of Kurdish crude oil, is seen off the Isle of Arran, Scotland in this handout photo taken February,2014

Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South ChinaSea, but mystery surrounds the identity of the buyer and where the two tankers are headed.------------detail

Ukraine says suspends attacks to let experts reach crash site

Ukraine said on Thursday it had suspended offensive operations in its military campaign in east Ukraine to help international experts reach the downed Malaysian airliner's crash site but separatists were continuing to attack its positions.-----------------detail

Wage growth starting to push higher:U.S. jobless claims

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, but the underlying trend pointed to a continuing strengthening of labor market conditions.----------------detail

20 killed in shelling of UN school, Hamas mulls truce

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli shelling on a UN school in Gaza killed 20 people early Wednesday, medics said, as Palestinian factions were to head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian ceasefire.

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U.S. Lawmakers Try to Seal $225M Aid Package For Israel

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span style="border: 0px; font-family: AvenirLT-Medium, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">WASHINGTON: Democratic and Republican members of Congress scrambled Tuesday to seal a $225 million boost to Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system before they break this week for a month-long recess.

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Israel's Brutality is going on GAZA: At least 43 Palestinians are killed

Israeli fire killed at least 43 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday as the Jewish state said it targeted Islamist militants at dozens of sites across the coastal enclave, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised ceasefire proposal.
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U.S. officials defend Kerry from Israeli criticism

WASHINGTON: Obama administration officials rallied to the defense of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday after withering criticism in Israel of Kerry's failed attempt to secure a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Khamenei calls Israel "rabid dog"

DUBAI: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called Israel a "rabid dog" for its attacks on Gaza, and urged Muslims to arm Palestinians to enable them to counter what he termed genocide.-------------------detail

Kurdish crude cargo in Texas court:Iraq lays claim

Iraq filed suit on Monday in a Texas court to gain control of a cargo of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan that Baghdad says was sold without its permission.

The United Kalavrvta tanker, carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million, arrived off the coast of Texas on Saturday but has yet to unload its disputed cargo.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,read more-----------

Expert views on the global markets from RMG Wealth Management MarketViews

FUNDS ROUNDS UP JULY 2014

After recent downward pressure on markets from rising geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, the FTSE 100 has slipped up above the 6,800 mark this morning. UK stocks were buoyed by reassurances yesterday from Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, that increases in interest rates will be more restrained than in the past, given the continuing challenges faced by the UK economy. He pointed to a stronger pound, weak demand in key export markets and government budget-cutting as factors holding back growth.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Israel strikes: House of Hamas Gaza leader is on fire

Israel's military pounded targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country needed to be prepared for a long conflict in the Palestinian enclave, squashing any hopes of a swift end to 22 days of fighting.

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