EU takes road to Rome for 60th anniversary
Author: Agence France PresseSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490428755560106200ROME: European Union leaders will renew their vows on the 60th anniversary of the troubled bloc’s founding treaties Saturday at a special summit in Rome designed to show unity despite Britain’s looming divorce.Meeting in the same Renaissance-era palace where six founding countries signed the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957, the […]
Jews, Israelis fear fallout from bomb hoax arrest
Author: Agence France PresseSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490427245590010200JERUSALEM: Israel’s arrest of a Jewish teenager accused of masterminding dozens of anti-Semitic threats could encourage racism and ease pressure on US President Donald Trump to tackle anti-Semitism, Jewish groups have warned.Far-right groups claimed vindication that attacks previously blamed on rightwingers and alleged hatred resulting from Trump’s election may actually have been […]
After health care bill’s withdrawal, elation and anger
Author: MATT SEDENSKY | APSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490427064909995000NEW YORK: Some Americans breathed a sigh of relief, others bubbled with frustration, and nearly all resigned themselves to the prospect that the latest chapter in the never-ending national debate over health care would not be the last.The withdrawal of the Republican-sponsored health bill in the face of likely defeat Friday […]
California approves vehicle pollution rules in rebuke to Trump
Author: ReutersSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490426941599984900RIVERSIDE, California: California on Friday challenged the Trump administration’s approach to car pollution, approving standards that the White House said still need review and setting up a potential face-off between federal and state regulators.California Governor Jerry Brown and other state officials have vowed to lead the defense of environmental and other traditionally liberal causes […]
Keystone approval spells headache for Canada’s Trudeau
Author: Agence France PresseSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490426751689972900OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to welcome Washington’s approval Friday of a major new pipeline from Canada into the United States, but observers say it creates political headaches for his administration.Trudeau has sought to strike a balance between two competing policies — supporting Canada’s oil and gas sector, which is […]
Palestinians Injured in Clashes with Israeli Forces near Hebron
Hebron, March 25 (QNA) – A number of Palestinians were injured during clashes that broke out with Israeli occupation forces in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday. Local sources told Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that soldiers raided and ransacked a house and a bakery in the […]
UN Mideast Envoy Confirms Israel Ignores UN Resolution on Settlement Building
New York, March 25 (QNA) – The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov confirmed in a statement to the UN Security Council that Israel has ignored a demand by the United Nations Security Council to halt settlement building. In his first report on the implementation the Security Council resolution adopted […]
Arab Parliament Calls on International Community to Help Somali People
Cairo, March 25 (QNA) – Speaker of the Arab Parliament Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al Salami called on the international community, the United Nations organizations, the relief and humanitarian organizations and all countries of the world to take an urgent action to provide the necessary assistance to the Somali people and to respond to the […]
Venezuelan President Asks UN Help on Medicine Shortage
Caracas, March 25 (QNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked the United Nations to help Venezuela alleviate the severe shortages of medicine. “I have asked the United Nations to regularize the whole medicine issue. The United Nations has the most advanced plans to recover the pharmaceutical industry’s productive capacity,” the President said in a speech broadcast […]
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution for the Protection of Heritage
New York, March 25 (QNA) – The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution (2347) for the protection of cultural heritage, religious sites and artifacts, and the smuggling of cultural property. The 15-member Council deplored the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage, religious sites and artifacts, and the smuggling of cultural property by terrorist groups during […]
