Eurasia Press & News

BAGHDAD (AFP) — US and Iraqi troops stepped up a massive offensive against suspected Al Qaeda strongholds northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 30 alleged insurgents, the US military said.

RAMALLAH (AP) — Addressing the Palestinian people for the first time since the Hamas takeover of Gaza, President Mahmoud Abbas angrily lashed out at the Islamic fighters Wednesday, accusing them of trying to build an “empire of darkness” in Gaza and pledging he would not talk to “murderous terrorists”.

Kavkaz Center source reports with reference to the Chechen command about clashes in the southern regions of the country. The source reported that this is not a complete summary of the fighting and sabotage operations.

The Committee on the Protection of Rights of Forced Migrants has learned that on June 17, in the village of Surkhakhi, armed people in masks broke into the courtyard of the Aushev family, where three families lived.

Two dozen boys have been found starved and neglected at a government-run orphanage for special needs children in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

The Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) with support from the Securities & Investment Institute (SII) in London is set to introduce a challenging new regime for individuals working in the Egyptian securities and investment industry.

Three Canadian Nato soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, military officials say.Their vehicle was “struck by an improvised explosive device”, the 37-nation force said in a statement.

KABUL – With the Taliban geared for their biggest push of the year to take control of southern Afghanistan, district by district, coupled with suicide attacks in the cities, Western intelligence believes that the killing of Mullah Dadullah was a big mistake.

Partidul Democrat cere PNL şi PSD să-şi asume proiectul de lege privind introducerea votului uninominal şi să urgenteze dezbaterea lui în Parlament. Boc a cerut ca acesta să fie adoptat până la sfârşitul acestei sesiuni parlamentare.

Preşedintele PD Emil Boc a anunţat că democraţii nu vor trimite nicio delegaţie la consultările de astăzi cu premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, care convocase partidele parlamentare pentru stabilirea datei pentru alegerile PE.