
May 9, 2012 (TSR) - Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jafari, said that the work of the observer mission is on the right path, yet the type of crimes committed by the armed terrorist groups became more worse. Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York, al-Jafari said that Syria is implementing its pledges [...]

April 9, 2012 (TSR) - In December Egyptian prosecutors and police raided 17 offices of 10 groups identifying themselves as “pro-democracy” NGOs, including four US-based agencies. Forty-three people, including 16 US citizens, have been accused of failing to register with the government and financing the April 6th protest movement with illicit funds in a manner that [...]

March 21, 2012 (TSR) - One year after the NATO intervention, Libya faces disintegration as the oil-rich eastern region seeks semi-autonomy. Libya seems to be on the verge of disintegration one year after the military intervention by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). In the first week of March, leaders from its oil-rich eastern region, which [...]

March 9, 2012 (TSR) - In line with the non-binding UN General Assembly resolution A/Res/66/253 approved at the UN on February 16, 2012, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General as the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria.(1) Mr. Annan came to the UN on Wednesday, February 28, to begin the assumption of [...]

Stockholm, Sweden, February 4, 2012 (AP/TSR) – Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize’s original selection criteria by choosing such winners as President Barack Obama, as the nomination deadline for the 2012 awards closed Wednesday. The investigation comes after persistent complaints by a Norwegian [...]

Oct 18, 2011 (TSR) - Earlier Tuesday, Hamas militants in Gaza freed Israel’s IDF soldier, Galid Shalit in a swap for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Tens of thousands of Palestinians waved and hoisted green flags as they celebrated for the first phase prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel. Meanwhile, political leaders now are competing for [...]

Singapore, Oct 12, 2011 (TSR) - China and Vietnam have signed a six-point agreement on basic principles to settle maritime disputes, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday. The two countries agreed to meet twice a year to resolve any issues and set up a hotline to ensure prompt communication and deal with any maritime issues, [...]

Sept 23, 2011 UNITED NATIONS (AP/Yahoo) — Defying U.S. and Israeli opposition, Palestinians asked the United Nations on Friday to accept them as a member state, sidestepping nearly two decades of failed negotiations in the hope this dramatic move on the world stage would reenergize their quest for an independent homeland. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas [...]

Kinshasa, DRC. November 19, 2010 (IWPC) – With the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba due to start in the Hague next week, it seems unlikely that he will run in the 2011 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC - but the former vice-president continues to exert a large amount of political influence in the country. Bemba, who remains the leader of [...]

This is full transcript of United States President Barack Obama’s interview with al-Arabiya Television- his first TV interview.