News in Brief - Tue, Oct, 13, 2015 - 21:30 GMT

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (L) delivers a speech during a national dialogue conference to tackle Sudan

1. Deadly violence continues in various parts of the occupied territories. 30 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since October first.

2. The secretary general of the Arab League calls for the formation of an international body to protect Palestinians against Israeli aggression. 

3. Saudi fighter jets keep pounding Yemen. Warplanes conducted over 100 airstrikes on Sa’ada province alone.

4. The Turkish president has acknowledged that there has been quote-a security shortcoming over the recent bombings that killed scores of people in the country’s capital Ankara.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin slams the US for refusing to cooperate with Moscow on Syria. 

6. Russia calls the shelling of Moscow's embassy in Damascus an act of terror, aimed at intimidating supporters of the fight against the ISIL. 

7. The Dutch Safety Board has released its final report into the cause of Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash over eastern Ukraine. 

8. The Red Cross says three bomb blasts rocked Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday killing several people. 


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