01/12/2012 | Argentina

AMIA probe: Argentina to launch new action plan for Iran talks

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman confirmed today that there were new meetings with envoys of the Iranian government over the probe handling the AMIA bombing, and assured that Argentina will present a new action plan in the next few weeks.

29/01/2013 | Argentina

Israel expresses 'disappointment' over Iran agreement

01/02/2013 | Argentina

AMIA rejects Argentina-Iran deal

The head of the AMIA, Guillermo Borger, confirmed its rejection towards the deal signed between Argentina and Iran to create an independent international “truth commission” in the investigation of the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack.

07/06/2011 | Argentina

Nisman calls for immediate arrest of Telleldín

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who handles the investigation of the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in 1994, requested that former detainee Carlos Telleldín be arrested as a wilfull participant in the July 18th 1994 bombing.

19/07/2011 | Argentina

Iran 'will work hard to prove innocence' in AMIA attack

Following Iran’s offer Sunday to help investigate into the attack on the Argentine Jewish community centre (AMIA) which took place in 1994 and claimed the lives of 85 people - Teheran offered to cooperate with Argentina to uncover the truth behind the attack, and make efforts to prove the innocence of the accused Iranian people.  

18/07/2012 | Argentina

AMIA renews claim for justice on 18th anniversary of bombing

During the ceremony commemorating the 18th anniversary of the bombing at the AMIA Argentine Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, the entity’s president Guillermo Borger restated the claim for justice for the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack.

07/11/2012 | World

Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad's palace

Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus today but missed, in an attack underlining the growing boldness of forces fighting to end his family's 42 years in power.

13/01/2013 | World

France says Algeria supportive of its Mali operation

Algeria has allowed France full use of its air space in its military intervention against Islamist rebels in Mali and is ready to seal its border if the conflict moves north, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

17/03/2012 | World

Twin bombings in Damascus kill at least 27, almost 100 hurt

Two explosions struck the heart of Damascus, killing at least 27 people in an attack on security installations that state television blamed on "terrorists" seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

27/04/2012 | World

Nine dead in suicide bomb near Damascus mosque

A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque today, Syria's interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying UN-brokered truce between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting for his downfall.

07/06/2012 | World

Man confesses to Italy school bombing

A 68-year-old man has confessed to last month's bombing in front of a southern Italian school that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded 10 others, but his motive is unclear and investigations are ongoing, police said.

06/01/2011 | World

Egypt church bomber may not have intended suicide

Forensic evidence gathered at an Egyptian church where 23 people were killed on New Year's Day suggests the bomber may have detonated his device prematurely and not intended to kill himself, said the main state-run newspaper.

03/04/2011 | World

Suicide blasts at Sufi shrine in Pakistan kill 41

Two Taliban suicide bombers caused carnage at a Sufi shrine in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 41 people and wounding scores in the latest bloody attack on minority religious groups.

27/12/2011 | World

Al Qaeda group says behind Baghdad bombings

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a slew of bombings that killed at least 71 people in Baghdad last week, a group that monitors online communication among insurgents said.