October, 2014

• 4 October

  Pro-russian rebels try to seize Donetsk airport

  Pro-Russian rebels pressed on Friday to seize a key airport in eastern Ukraine despite fierce resistance by government forces. An AP reporter on Friday saw three rebel tanks firing their cannons at the main terminal of Donetsk airport, where government forces have holed up. Sniper shots rang around the area. …

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• 2 October

  Ban condemns bomb attacks in Syrian

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms Wednesday’s bomb attacks in Homs, which initial reports indicate killed 39 people, including 30 schoolchildren between the ages of six and nine. He regarded this as an act of the utmost depravity, a statement released by his press office said.

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• 2 October

  Libyan army halts military operations

  The Libyan army has declared a halt to military operations “on all fronts,” local media said on Wednesday, two days after rival parliamentarians at a UN-sponsored meeting called for a ceasefire in the troubled country. Military spokesperson Colonel Abu Zaid al-Mismari told the Al-Wasat news site that the army would …

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• 2 October

  Egypt offers military training to Libya

  Egypt has offered to train pro-government forces battling rival armed groups in Libya, stepping up efforts to eradicate what it says is a threat to its own stability from the anarchy engulfing its neighbour. The offer was the latest sign of intervention by competing Arab powers in Libya – a …

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• 2 October

  Over 200 killed in Afghanistan in violence in September

  More than 200 people largely civilians were killed and hundreds others wounded in attacks and conflicts in Afghanistan last month, according to official statistics. On Monday, four security personnel and three civilians were killed and 13 others wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint near Kabul airport.

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• 2 October

  Over 1000 people killed in Iraq in September by violence

  A total of 1,119 Iraqis were killed, and 1,946 others were injured in terrorist attacks and violence in September in Iraq, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The statement said that 854 civilians, including 79 civilian policemen, and 265 Iraqi security …

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• 2 October

  France to increase military presence to the Gulf

  On Wednesday, the French Defense Ministry announced that France will send 3 fighter jets and a warship to the Gulf as a part of the efforts of the alliance led by the United States to support Iraqi forces that are fighting the organization ISIS.

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• 2 October

  Stoltenberg starts work as new NATO chief

  At a time of daunting geopolitical crises, NATO is undergoing its own version of regime change, with the arrival of a new chief official who has the blessing, at least temporarily, of one of the West’s biggest adversaries — Russian President Vladimir Putin. Former two-term Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg …

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• 2 October

  Turkey pledges to fight IS

  Turkey signalled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State (IS), as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern border with Syria.

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• 2 October

  Turkey says Egypt’s hopes of ending international criticism unrealistic

  In reply to Egypt’s Monday statement that accused the Turkish president of lying and exaggerating, Turkey said that “none of these claims can be taken seriously or be accepted”, and announced its continued concern about human rights in Egypt.

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