March 15, 2010 | In: World News
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on Sunday denied accusations over its involvement in granting contracts for printing some of Sudan's elections ballots inside the country. "UNMIS regrets news reports attributed to Umma Reform and Renewal...
March 15, 2010 | In: World News
Global arms sales between 2005 and 2009 rose 22 percent compared with the previous five-year period, a leading defence think-tank said Monday. The surge in arms sales, particularly the acquisition of aggressive weapons, is a concern for stability, said...
March 15, 2010 | In: World News
Euro-Mediterranean parliamentarians on Sunday urged the member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) to come up with a timetable to establish a Palestinian state within two years. At the conclusion of the sixth plenary session of the Euro-...
March 15, 2010 | In: World News
Iran's envoy to Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Sunday that there is no need for the organization to change output ceiling in the upcoming meeting in Vienna on March 17, the local satellite Press TV reported. "There is no...
March 15, 2010 | In: World News
The Kurdish bloc was leading in the preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Iraq's northern province of Sulaymaniyah, the electoral commission said Sunday. According to the 63 percent counted votes of the total in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdish...
March 15, 2010 | In: World News
A bloc led by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading in the preliminary results of parliamentary elections in the eastern province of Wasit, according to partial results from the electoral commission on Sunday. The State of Law coalition...
