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13 August 2014 • 11:56 AMT
France to supply arms to Iraqi Kurds ‘in the coming hours’

The political leader of Iraq’s Kurds earlier appealed for international military aid to help defeat the Islamist militants.

13 August 2014 • 11:11 AMT
The Huffington Post: Aliyev clan runs Azerbaijan as personal bank account

“Aliyev continues to lie to his people about the causes of the ongoing Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” Christopher Atamian says.

13 August 2014 • 10:33 AMT
Oil prices mixed after IEA slashes demand outlook for 2014, 2015

Cutting its demand outlook for this year and next, the IEA said “the oil market today looks better supplied than expected”.

13 August 2014 • 10:00 AMT
U.S. sends 130 additional military personnel to Iraq

Chuck Hagel, speaking to troops in California, said the soldiers arrived in the area around Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, Arbil.

13 August 2014 • 09:44 AMT
OSCE MG Co-chairs to visit region, another presidential meeting possible

“The people of Armenia and Azerbaijan should know that this ongoing conflict doesn’t benefit their countries,” Warlick said.

13 August 2014 • 08:25 AMT
Islamists seize key Syrian towns, villages near Turkish border: activists

They said fighters of the group captured the towns of Akhtarin and Turkmanbareh in the Aleppo countryside

13 August 2014 • 06:37 AMT
Japan’s economy sees biggest fall since 2011

On a quarterly basis, the economy contracted 1.7% in the second quarter after a 1.5% rise in the first three months.

13 August 2014 • 05:57 AMT
Putin to hold Russia’s Security Council meeting in Crimea

Andriy Lysenko said the trucks should pass through a government-controlled border post and be accompanied by Red Cross officials.

13 August 2014 • 05:26 AMT
Palestinians say talks ‘difficult’, Israel doesn’t see progress

“It could be that shooting will erupt again and we will again be firing at them,” Moshe Yaalon said, visiting a navy base.

12 August 2014 • 16:23 AMT
Vatican urges Muslim leaders to denounce ‘barbarity’ in Iraq

“If not, what credibility will religions, their followers and their leaders have?” the Vatican statement warned.

12 August 2014 • 16:14 AMT
Families from Armenian border villages get new homes after Azeri shelling

Andranik Aydinyan said that new 4-room apartments were provided following the visit of provincial governor Hovik Abovyan.

12 August 2014 • 12:40 AMT
Google, five other firms team up to build cable under Pacific

Google is working with a host of Asian telecoms giants – China Mobile, China Telecom, Global Transit, KDDI, and SingTel.

12 August 2014 • 12:17 AMT
Libya’s new parliament agrees to hold direct presidential polls

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for the new president to be directly elected by the Libyan people.

12 August 2014 • 12:06 AMT
Russia’s Sukhoi builds new $28mln fighter jet

“New aircrafts appear, and their cost is enormous. Each plane costs more than 1 billion rubles: Su-30, Su-35, Su-34,” Bondarev said.

12 August 2014 • 10:42 AMT
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline faces bribery claims in Syria

The U.S. Department of Justice is already investigating GSK for possible breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

12 August 2014 • 10:21 AMT
WHO approves untested Ebola drugs use as death toll climbs to 1,013

The panel met to discuss whether various experimental medicines and vaccines might be used in the outbreak.

12 August 2014 • 09:58 AMT
OSCE MG Co-chair ‘encouraged’ by presidential meeting

“I was particularly pleased to hear both Presidents reaffirm their commitment to resolving the conflict,” Warlick said.

12 August 2014 • 09:15 AMT
Spain picks up over 500 migrants in 23 boats from North Africa

Hundreds of migrants regularly try to enter Spain from North Africa by land or sea in a bid to reach Europe in search of a better life.

12 August 2014 • 08:29 AMT
HRW says Egyptian security forces planned violent crackdown last year

A report by the U.S.-based group says 1,000 or more people probably died in one day around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque.

12 August 2014 • 08:08 AMT
3 Armenians killed as rebels throw gas bottles at Aleppo district

According to Kantsasar newspaper, those killed were identified as Malkon Palian, his brother Zhirair Palian and Harutyun Sargisian.

12 August 2014 • 07:29 AMT
U.S. Armenians, Assyrians rally against Islamist violence in Mideast

The ANCA-ER rep. Armen Sahakyan urged greater international effort to end the violence against these beleaguered communities.

12 August 2014 • 07:07 AMT
Russia sends 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine

A source, who did not wish to be named, said there had been no agreement for Russian vehicles to cross into Ukraine.

12 August 2014 • 06:50 AMT
Artsakh Foreign Minister eyes Sochi talks as positive signal

“There is no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh,” Mirzoyan said.

12 August 2014 • 06:27 AMT
Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams dies at 63 in apparent suicide

Williams recently checked in to a renewal facility affiliated with the 12-step program in a move to focus on his ongoing sobriety.

11 August 2014 • 15:30 AMT
Italy asks EU for extraordinary meeting on Libya, Iraq, Gaza

Italy holds the rotating presidency of the EU, and Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is PM’s candidate to take the Ashton’s job.

11 August 2014 • 15:04 AMT
Islamists crush tribal uprising in Syria, activists say

The Observatory said Islamic State fighters beheaded two tribesmen after they fled to the nearby village of Shaafa.

11 August 2014 • 14:28 AMT
Kasparov bids to take over top chess job

“Every Russian embassy in the world has been mobilized to support Ilyumzhinov and to keep him in office,” Kasparov said.

11 August 2014 • 14:11 AMT
NATO says will take action if Turkey threatened by Islamic State

“We are very much concerned about the activities of the so-called Islamic State, which is a bunch of terrorists,” Rasmussen said.

11 August 2014 • 13:52 AMT
Samsung’s long-rumored Galaxy Alpha to launch this week: report

The other is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 smartphone/tablet, expected at the IFA trade show in Germany in early September.

11 August 2014 • 13:25 AMT
Iran’s Rouhani tells nuke deal opponents ‘to go to hell’

Hassan Rouhani said his government will continue his policy of moderation and “constructive engagement” with the West.