Saudi Arabia tops compliance in money laundering

Jeddah, July 13: Saudi Arabia has won the first position among Arab countries and 10th among G20 countries in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report on its compliance with international resolutions on combating money laundering and terror financing. “We are happy over the international recognition More

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China hopes India will abide by commitment on Tibet

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Beijing, July 13: China today gave a guarded response to Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao’s recent meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it hopes India will abide by its commitment not to allow exiled Tibetans to conduct anti-China activities. “China has expressed its position clearly to the More

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Church of England decides to allow women bishops

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London, July 13: After much debate and controversy, the Church of England has decided to allow women to become bishops in the next two years, but traditionalists who opposed the landmark decision say it will lead to many people leaving the church. After the church’s assembly passed the draft More

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President Bashir of Sudan slammed with genocide charges

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United Nations, July 13: Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, has been slapped with three counts of genocide in Darfur by the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Last year, an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity was issued against the leader of the largest country in More

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Iran close to nuclear weapons: Russia

Moscow, July 13: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave the strongest sign yet on Monday that Moscow is moving closer to the West’s stance on Iran, saying it was clear Tehran was gaining the ability to build a nuclear bomb. Medvedev’s comments were the starkest criticism of Iran’s nuclear More

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Israel to interdict another aid ship bound for Gaza

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Jerusalem, July 13: A month after it drew global criticism for its deadly raid aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in which nine Turkish activists were killed, Israel is preparing to prevent a Libya sponsored aid ship sailing towards the Gaza Strip.  Despite warnings from Israel, the vessel is More

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US expects India to enforce UN sanctions against Iran

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Washington, July 13: The US says its expects India to enforce UN sanctions against Iran but left it to that country to decide on steps to “convince” the Persian Gulf state to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons. The Obama Administration also said Iran’s controversial atomic programme cannot More

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French parliament approves ban on face veils

Paris, July 13: France's lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils. There were 336 votes for the bill and just one against at the National Assembly. Most members of the main opposition group, the Socialist Party, refused to participate in the vote. Following More

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