Netanyahu vows to complete Gaza tunnels destruction

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing international alarm over a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, said on Thursday he would not accept any ceasefire that stoppedIsrael completing the destruction of militants' infiltration tunnels.------------------------detail

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.

The country has already announced several food import bans following Western sanctions.-------------------detail

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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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.

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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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fight intensifies with rebels: Ukraine claims more territory 

 

Police and emergency crews in the city of Revere, Massachusetts, outside Boston scrambled to clean up after a rare tornado touched down on Monday, downing power lines, damaging homes and overturning at least one car.------------------------------------

Rare tornado touches down outside Boston, no deaths reported 

 

Police and emergency crews in the city of Revere, Massachusetts, outside Boston scrambled to clean up after a rare tornado touched down on Monday, downing power lines, damaging homes and overturning at least one car.-----------

Tripoli clashes:More than 50 killed in Benghazi

At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilian, where Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants clashed on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said.-------------------------

Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile

Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile

At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilian, where Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants clashed on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said.----------------------------------

U.S. evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence'

U.S. evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence'

The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli----------------------.

Israel extends Gaza ceasefire for 24 hours, Hamas rejects this trick term of Israel

 

 An Israeli soldier stands on top of a military vehicle in a base near Sa'ad in the southern district of Israel,

Israel extended a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for another 24 hours, but Hamas, which dominates the coastal enclave, said it would only accept the truce if Israeli troops left the territory.------------------

Crisis:Amazon's far-reaching ambitions, lack of profits, unnerve investors

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Amazon.com Inc's message to investors has always been clear: trust in founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. But after more than a year of mostly disappointing quarterly results, that faith is being tested.-----------------------------read

Israel has agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in fighting with militants in the Gaza

Palestinians throw stones at members of the Israeli army during the funeral of three Palestinians, who medics said were killed during clashes with Israeli troops, in Beit Ommar town north of the West Bank city of Hebron July 25, 2014.

Israel has agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in fighting with militants in the Gaza Strip to start at 8 a.m. (1 a.m. EDT) on Saturday, a military spokeswoman said.------------------

Republicans might try for Obama impeachment:White House aide

A top White House adviser said on Friday Republicans might try to impeach President Barack Obama over his go-it-alone immigration strategy, as Obama prepared to talk about the U.S. border crisis with Central American presidents.

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Syria chemicals being destroyed abroad: watchdog

THE HAGUE: Around 700 tonnes of Syria's chemical agents have been delivered to specialised destruction facilities in Britain, Finlandand the US, the watchdog in charge of the mission said Thursday..................................

Israeli forces attack in West Bank

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BEIRUT: Israeli forces fired tear gas Thursday on protesting Palestinians in the village of Bilin near Ramallah, according to Maan news agency, as West Bank demonstrations grow over the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.........................

Though Sanctions are called, U.K. approves arms to Russia

LONDON: Britain is still authorizing the export of arms and military equipment to Russia despite the government’s call for tough sanctions over Moscow’s arming of separatist rebels in Ukraine, a group of lawmakers said in a report Wednesday..................

ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq: UN

GENEVA: Militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq's northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said Thursday.

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Gaza fighting raged on Wednesday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas had made some progress.
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7 more soldiers killed

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: The Israeli military says seven soldiers have been killed in a firefight with Gaza militants.

That raises the total Israeli death toll in the two-week conflict to 27, including two civilians. At least 550 Palestinia

Rocket explodes close to Israeli Minister 

BEIRUT: Rocket exploded close to Israeli Minister Tzipi Livni in Sha'ar HaNegev, Israeli Yedioth Ahronot reported.

The incident comes on the 12th day of Israel’s offensive on Gaza, as the death toll among the Palestinians has reached over 500, with two Israelis dead from rocket attacks and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers dead since the ground invasion began last week.

Gaza burning, UAE dispute

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi has accused the Al-Jazeera TV channel and websites close to Qatar of "fabricating" information suggesting UAE supported Israel's attack in Gaza, in the latest tensions between both countries.---------------

'What exactly are they trying to hide?' Obama says of Russiaand Ukrainian rebels

Hrabove, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out Monday at Russia over conditions at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, saying Russian-backed rebels still are impeding efforts to find out exactly what happened.

Poroshenko, speaking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour, pleaded for international solidarity against the pro-Russian rebels believed by many international officials to be responsible for firing the missile that downed the plane Thursday, killing all 298 aboard.

"I don't see any differences" between 9/11, the Lockerbie bombing and the attack on Flight 17, Poroshenko said, referring to the 2001 terror attacks on the United States and the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988.

Gaza's Shejaiya: a moonscape strewn with bodies

GAZA CITY: The ambulances and firetrucks of Gaza's emergency services gathered on the edge of the Shejaiya district to await news of a humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.

The word arrived at 1030GMT -- a two-hour truce to allow the retrieval of the dead and wounded, as well as evacuate the terrified people who remained inside the district after a night of non-stop Israeli tank fire.

A convoy of vehicles formed, advancing slowly into the district, with the sound of shelling still thudding through the air.

Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault

Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault

Cairo

CAIRO: Egypt vowed Sunday to punish the attackers who killed 22 border guards in its western desert near the frontier with restive Libya.Militants firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked a checkpoint, 630 kilometers west of Cairo, Saturday, killing 22 soldiers and wounding another four.

Will economy's fate be set by next two weeks' earnings?

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A long hoped for improvement in the economy appears to be manifesting itself in second-quarter U.S. earnings, but the next two weeks could be the real test.---------------

Council is considering about Malaysian passenger plane crash in Ukraine

Council is considering about Malaysian passenger plane crash in Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the "shooting down" of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation.---------------------

Israeli attack on Gaza suburb :More than 350 dead

Israeli attack on Gaza suburb :More than 350 dead

Gaza Tragedy

At least 62 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli shelling of a Gaza neighborhood that left bodies strewn in the streets and thousands fleeing for shelter to a hospital packed with wounded, Palestinian witnesses and officials said.--------------

Heavy clashes erupt over Tripoli airport: at least four dead

Heavy clashes erupt over Tripoli airport: at least four dead

Tripoli

Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for control, killing at least four people and forcing thousands from their homes, local residents and witnesses said.---------------------

Bosnia buries 284 war victims

Bosnia buries 284 war victims

(Reuters) - The remains of 284 victims of the Bosnian war were laid to rest on Sunday having been unearthed from what is believed to be the largest mass grave of Europe's worst conflict since World War Two.--------------

How inhumane: Israel is continuing ground attacks in Gaza : Baby killed by tank

How inhumane: Israel 

How inhumane: 

Israel is continuing ground attacks in Gaza  : Baby killed by tank 

An intense bombardment; the power is switched off; then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends his troops in to tackle Hamas fighters on the ground......................