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Republicans unveil plan for debt default

Republicans unveil plan for debt default
Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner (2nd L) speaks to the media as (L-R) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers listen on July 25.
US Republicans have come up with a new deficit reduction plan with the clock ticking to a government debt default and no deal in sight yet.

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PKK militants kill 3 Turkish soldiers

PKK militants kill 3 Turkish soldiers
Turkish troops are seen in rural areas of Silvan district in the southeastern province of Diyarbakr. (file photo)
Three Turkish soldiers have lost their lives in clashes with the militants of the outlawed group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey.

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Iran scientist assassinated in Tehran

Iran scientist assassinated in Tehran A prominent Iranian electronics scholar has been assassinated by unidentified terrorists, informed police sources say. The assailants, who were riding a motorcycle, attacked the scholar outside his house in eastern Tehran on Saturday afternoon. His wife sustained injuries during the attack and was immediately transferred …

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نحو ۹۰ قتیلا بهجومی اوسلو والشرطه تعتقل مشتبها فیه

نحو 90 قتيلا بهجومي اوسلو والشرطة تعتقل مشتبها فيه

 

قتل 87 شخصا "على الاقل" في الاعتداءين اللذين استهدفا الجمعة وسط اوسلو وجزيرة مجاورة لها، حسب ما أكد متحدث باسم الشرطة النروجية.

وأوضح آري فريكهولم في تصريح لفرانس برس ليل الجمعة السبت، ان حصيلة القتلى ارتفعت الى 80 شخصا على الاقل جراء اطلاق النار على مخيم لشبيبة حزب العمال الحاكم في جزيرة اوتاو قرب العاصمة اوسلو.

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۸۷ killed in Norway attacks

87 killed in Norway attacks
Smoke is seen billowing from a damaged building, with debris strewn across the street in the aftermath of an explosion in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on July 22, 2011.
At least 87 people have been killed and scores injured in the twin shooting and bomb attacks in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, and a nearby island.

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Iran Air Force to hold military maneuver

Iran Air Force to hold military maneuver
Iran launched 14 surface-to-surface missiles, including Zelzal, Shahab-1, Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 on June 28, 2011.
Iran's Air Force plans to hold a massive military maneuver in the near future with the purpose of countering possible threats against the Islamic Republic, a top Iranian commander says.

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Hundreds protest as Anthony walks free

Hundreds protest as Anthony walks free
Protesters outside of Orange County Jail in Florida, waiting for Casey Anthony's release, July 16, 2011
Hundreds of people have gathered outside a jail in Florida to protest the release of an American woman who was acquitted of killing her two-year-old daughter.

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کربلاء تکتظ بالزوار لإحیاء لیله النصف من شعبان

كربلاء تكتظ بالزوار لإحياء ليلة النصف من شعبان

إكتظت مدينة كربلاء المقدسة مساء السبت بملايين الزائرين الذين دخلوا المدينة من جهاتها الشمالية والجنوبية والشرقية لإحياء زيارة ليلة النصف من شعبان، حيث غطت جموع الزوار الحرمين المقدسين و الشوارع المحيطة بهما ومنطقة ما بين الحرمين.

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Israel mulling over apology to Turkey

Israel mulling over apology to Turkey
Israeli commandos attacked Freedom Flotilla I on May 31, 2010, killing nine Turkish activists.
Israeli defense officials are mulling over a long-awaited apology to Turkey for its deadly raid on Gaza-bound aid convoy Freedom Flotilla I last year.

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‘CIA faked vaccine drive to find Osama’

'CIA faked vaccine drive to find Osama'
The compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden allegedly stayed. (File photo)
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launched a fake vaccination scheme in Pakistan in a bid to obtain Osama bin Laden's family DNA to wage a raid on his alleged compound, a report has disclosed.

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HRW urges criminal probe of Bush

HRW urges criminal probe of Bush
From left to right: the former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Vice President of the former US government Dick Cheney.
An American human rights organization has called for a criminal investigation of the former US administration officials over their authorization of torture practices against terror suspects.

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