BRUSSELS – A train derailed Tuesday in the western town of Mons but caused no injuries, officials said. “There is a train that derailed this morning in the train station of Mons, it is not serious. There were no people in the train,” said spokeswoman Corinne Altasse. The accident at the Mons station, about 53 [...]
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Armed Turk shot at Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul dies
ISTANBUL – An armed Turkish man who attempted to force his way into the Ukrainian Consulate General in Istanbul was shot by police and later died in hospital on Tuesday. Local television NTV reported that the man died after he was taken to the Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research hospital. According to earlier [...]
Turky not to send back ambassador to US before clear results
ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that Turkey would not send back its ambassador to US before seeing clear results, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. According to the report, Erdogan told reporters in Riyadh that Turkey is concerned about the US adoption of a resolution [...]
12 centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea
STOCKHOLM – A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks – some of them unusually well-preserved – have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. 12 centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years [...]
New nuclear arms treaty could be ready within weeks: Russian FM
MOSCOW – A new Russia-U.S. treaty on nuclear arms reduction could be signed within two or three weeks, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. “We would like everything to be finished in two or three weeks. The chances are there,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “If everyone strictly abides by [...]
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions
PARIS – Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities. Both countries laid out their hopes at an international conference on civilian nuclear energy at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
Israel OKs 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM – Israel approved the construction of 1,600 new homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday – a move that immediately clouded a visit by Vice President Joe Biden aimed at repairing strained ties and kickstarting Mideast peace talks. The Interior Ministry announced the construction plans just as Biden was wrapping up a [...]
US misled allies over detainees
LONDON: United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country’s domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday. Eliza Manningham-Buller, who retired in 2007 and is now a member of the House of Lords, said the U.S. deliberately suppressed details of its harsh handling of [...]
Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust
WASHINGTON — Toyota said on Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle. Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said the recall will cover Tundra pickups from the 2000-2003 model years in all 50 US states. It [...]
Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base
KHOST, Afghanistan – The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two international service members. A Taliban operative wearing an Afghan police uniform infiltrated the base Tuesday night and detonated his explosive vest next to a group of soldiers who were warming their hands beside [...]
Suicide attack kills 5 in eastern Afghan province
KABUL – A suicide attack rocked Paktika province in east Afghanistan Wednesday morning, killing five persons, provincial police chief Dawlat Khan Zadran said. “The incident occurred in Barmal district this morning. As a result five persons including four Afghan soldiers and one border police constable were martyred,” Zadran told Xinhua. He also said that it [...]
Dubai police chief warns spies out of Gulf region
ABU DHABI – Dubai’s police chief has given foreign intelligence services a week to leave the sheikdom and wider Gulf region after the killing of a top Hamas official in January, Dubai-based English daily Gulf News reported on Wednesday. “Those spies that are currently present in the Gulf must leave the region within one week [...]