An American cargo plane attempting to land at Dubai’s airport instead crashed nearby Friday, setting some cars on fire and killing several people, Al Arabiya television reported. Ambulances were rushing to the area, located near a residential district, the station added.
TOKYO: Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. The measures approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan include an asset freeze on 88 entities, 15 banks and 24 individuals, trade ministry official Hideaki Fujisawa said.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in Gunbattle Near Border , A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday, the military said. A reconnaissance flight over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several gunmen in front of a property, according to a statement from Mexico’s Defense Department
US President Barack Obama urges Israeli and Palestinian leaders that they shouldnt let the chance of a permanent peace deal slip away. He says this moment of opportunity may not soon come again and pledges US support for the new negotiations
President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year US combat mission in Iraq and told war-weary Americans that our central mission as a people is to restore the sagging US economy and US must focus on its fight against al Qaeda and the war in Afghanistan. Obama, who inherited the war from President George W.
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama must walk a fine line in a speech on Tuesday night as he highlights progress toward winding down the war in Iraq while trying to avoid any perception of a “Mission Accomplished” moment. The White House says the removal of all but 50,000 U.S. troops and the declaration of the end to the combat phase shows Obama is fulfilling a campaign promise he made in 2008 to pull out of Iraq
US Implores Americans not to Visit NKorea , The State Department on Friday urged Americans to respect its warning against traveling to North Korea, saying in a cheeky Twitter message that there are not too many former U.S. presidents left available for rescue missions. In a Tweet posted shortly after former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Boston from North Korea with American Aijalon Gomes who had been detained in the communist country for seven months, State Department spokesman P.J.
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday rejected comments by the commander of NATO and U.S. forces that their progress had been reversed, saying attacks were increasing around the capital as well as in their heartland in the south.
Police have killed a hijacker after he held 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage on a bus in Manila, the capital. At least four of the hostages were killed by hijacker in the 11-hour drama. Police said another four hostages had survived while the fate of the remaining seven was unclear.
Palestinian leaders on Friday accepted a US invitation for face-to-face peace talks with Israel but said they would withdraw if it resumed Jewish settlement building on occupied land. The chief Palestinian negotiator said the Palestinians would pull out of the talks, due to start on Sept 2, if the Israeli government announced any new settlement building on land where the Palestinians aim to found their state. If the Israeli government decides to announce new tenders on Sept