Syria rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had formed a brigade of sympathetic Palestinians in a Damascus district to fight armed Palestinians aligned with President Bashar al-Assad.About 150,000 Palestinian refugees live in the Syrian capital's...

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Gunmen kill 20 in northern Nigeria

KADUNA (NIGERIA): Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed 20 people in a village in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, authorities said on Wednesday, a similar attack to one in June.Dozens of men armed with guns stormed Kaburu village...

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Japan misspent tsunami rebuilding money

SENDAI (JAPAN): About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated projects, including subsidies for a contact lens factory and research whaling.The findings...

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Huge fire destroys many NY homes

New York Police officers turn back traffic entering the Long Island City section in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo) NEW YORK: A huge fire that erupted as Sandy ripped through New York City with near-hurricane...

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Pak Parliament may be dissolved in January

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Parliament is likely to be dissolved in January next year and a caretaker government installed to oversee elections to be held by April.Speculation has increased in political circles about the government preparing a preliminary...

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Hafiz Saeed offers Americans storm aid

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani militant leader with a $10 million US bounty on his head has offered aid to Americans hit by superstorm Sandy.Hafiz Saeed says his organization, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, is prepared to send volunteers, medicine and food if allowed...

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Penguin, Random House agree to merge

The author has posted comments on this articleAFP | Oct 29, 2012, 02.36PM IST LONDON: British publisher Pearson said on Monday it had agreed to merge its Penguin books division with English-language rival Random House, owned by German media...

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'Iran has drone images of Israeli bases'

TEHRAN: A prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has pictures of sensitive Israeli military bases taken by an unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanon's Hezbollah and downed by Israel earlier this month.Ismaeil Kowsari also says Iranian-backed Hezbollah...

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Russian ship with 700 tons of gold ore missing

MOSCOW: A vessel with a nine-person crew and 700 tons of gold ore onboard has gone missing in stormy seas off Russia's Pacific Coast.The ship sent a distress call on Sunday as it was sailing from the coastal town of Neran to Feklistov Island in...

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Tsunami hits Hawaii after Canada quake

HONOLULU: A potentially destructive Pacific tsunami hit Hawaii on Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, triggering calls for urgent action to protect lives as sirens wailed across the archipelago."The tsunami is...

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Suicide bomber targets Nigeria church, 5 killed

KADUNA: A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least five people, wounding nearly 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said.The...

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Wen Jiabao's family denies New York Times report

BEIJING: Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's family members on Sunday rejected an American newspaper's claim that they had amassed assets worth USD 2.7 billion and threatened to take legal action against the daily which, however, stood by its report.Bai...

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Majority harbor prejudice against blacks in US: Poll

WASHINGTON: Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those...

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Bomb, other attacks in Iraq leave 18 dead

BAGHDAD: A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.The...

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Berlusconi to stay in politics

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, reacting to a Milan court's conviction for tax fraud, said on Saturday he would stay in politics. ROME: Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, reacting to a Milan court's...

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Russia charges opposition leader with riot plot

MOSCOW: Russian investigators on Friday filed charges against a left-wing activist, making him the most prominent opposition figure to face prison under an increasingly severe Kremlin crackdown against the anti-Putin protest movement.Investigative...

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Rebels kill two park rangers in eastern Congo

KINSHASA: Two park rangers and a soldier were killed in a firefight with armed militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels have transformed Africa's oldest national park into a war zone, officials said on Friday.Congo's rugged...

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Rebels kill two park rangers in eastern Congo

KINSHASA: Two park rangers and a soldier were killed in a firefight with armed militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels have transformed Africa's oldest national park into a war zone, officials said on Friday.Congo's rugged...

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Fighting rages in Syria before proposed truce

AMMAN: Syrian troops bombarded a town near Damascus on Thursday and fighting raged in and around the northern city of Aleppo, a day before a proposed truce for a four-day Muslim religious holiday.President Bashar al-Assad's government was expected to...

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Largest US-Israel military drill under way

TEL AVIV: The US and Israel simulated rocket attacks during their largest-ever joint military drill on Wednesday, just as as real ones fired from Gaza exploded in southern Israel.US military officials insisted the joint exercise, called Austere...

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Activist's abduction: Russian opposition warns Putin

MOSCOW: Russian opposition leaders urged President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to stop clamping down on dissent and warned they would ask Western governments to freeze assets of Russian officials involved in a spiraling crackdown on the opposition.Alexei...

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Muslim-Buddhist clashes spread in western Myanmar

YANGON: Skirmishes between Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar have spread to two new districts where authorities are struggling to douse flames from burning homes, the government said today.Rakhine state spokesman Myo Thant said clashes between...

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Gaza rockets draw Israeli strikes

JERUSALEM: Dozens of rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip pummeled southern Israel early Wednesday and an Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant, in a sharp escalation of violence following a landmark visit to Gaza by Qatar's leader....

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Enough space to accommodate China, India: Beijing

BEIJING: There is enough room to accommodate the aspirations of China and India, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the comment in response to India's commemorative activities and media reports to mark...

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Italy seismologists' trial a blow to freedom: Scientists

PARIS: Scientists on Tuesday sounded the alarm at the sentencing of six Italian seismologists for underestimating the risk of a 2009 earthquake, branding the verdict a dangerous blow to scientific freedom. From research into new drugs to identifying...

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China fires back at US prez candidates

BEIJING: Beijing urged the US presidential candidates on Tuesday to refrain from inflaming tensions with China after US President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney vowed to get tough with the Asian giant. Both men vowed to be firm on China...

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Taliban ambush kills 10 Afghan troops

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Taliban insurgents killed 10 Afghan troops in an ambush in western Herat province, police and government officials said on Tuesday.A spokesman for the provincial governor, Muhiudin Noori, said the Afghan troops -- which included...

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13 Haj pilgrims injured in minor fire in Mecca

JEDDAH: Thirteen people sustained minor injuries when a fire broke out in a nine-storey building in Mecca, housing Haj pilgrims from India and Myanmar.Ten fire multi-mission squads controlled the blaze in the limits of one room at the fourth floor...

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Fidel Castro slams rumors of ill-health

HAVANA: Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dismissed reports that he was dead or near death in an article published on Monday in Cuba's state-run press. He accused news agencies and enemies of Cuba of spreading "stupidities" about him, particularly...

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Gunbattles flare in Lebanon as crisis deepens

BEIRUT: Lebanese troops and gunmen exchanged fire in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, wounding five people, deepening a political crisis following the assassination of a senior intelligence official, security and medical sources said Four people...

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Pope names seven new saints

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it's lagging.Two are Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the US...

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Iran hangs three 'terrorists' for 2010 bombings

TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday hanged three "terrorists" for bombings in 2010 that killed a total of 67 people in restive Sistan-Baluchestan of southeast Iran, the judiciary in the province bordering Pakistan said.A statement from the judiciary named the...

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Iran denies report on secret nuclear talks with US

TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denied a New York Times report that it was engaged in direct bilateral talks with the United States over its disputed nuclear programme. "We are not involved in such a thing right now," foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi...

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Bomb threat shuts down Texas A&M University

The campus of Texas A&M University, one of the biggest in the United States, was evacuated for several hours on Friday after school officials received a bomb threat, the latest such incident at a U.S. university in recent weeks.The threat came...

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Obama won the second debate: Gallup

US President Barack Obama comprehensively won the second presidential debate in New York against his Republican rival Mitt Romney. WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama comprehensively won the second presidential...

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Bus overturns in southwest Iran, 26 dead

TEHRAN, IRAN: A passenger bus carrying female students overturned in southwestern Iran Friday evening, killing 26, Iran's state radio reported on Saturday. Senior police official Col Mohammad Reza Mehmandar, was quoted as saying that the driver...

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Malala 'comfortable and stable'

In a statement, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham said Malala's condition this morning was "comfortable and stable". LONDON: Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by the...

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Pak girl Malala 'comfortable and stable'

In a statement, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham said Malala's condition this morning was "comfortable and stable". LONDON: Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by the...

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