Oscar Wilde's house up for sale for 1.29m pounds

LONDON: The family house of literary wit, playwright and gay icon, Oscar Wilde, where he wrote most of his famous plays, is up for sale for a whopping 1.29 million pounds.Wilde moved to the tall, red brick house in Tite Street, Chelsea during 1884 with...

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Pak-Afghan strategic accord talks begin

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan today began negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement even as Kabul called on Islamabad to take more steps, including the release of Taliban detainees, to push forward the troubled peace process in the war-torn...

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Bangladeshi politician hacked to death

DHAKA: A 53-year-old politician from the Awami League party has been hacked to death by unidentified men, a media report said on Friday.Sujanur Rahman Sujan, the youth and sports secretary of the party's Bogra district unit, was killed on Thursday night,...

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In Egypt, fears of 'second revolution'

CAIRO: Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt's Islamist president is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers.Activists warn that his actions threaten a "second...

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UN set to recognise Palestinian state

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine on Thursday despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding much-needed funds for the West Bank government.A...

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UN tribunal acquits Kosovo ex-PM of war crimes

THE HAGUE: The UN Yugoslav war crimes court on Thursday acquitted Kosovo's ex-prime minister Ramush Haradinaj and two aides in a retrial on charges of murder and torture during the 1990s war of independence from Belgrade."The chamber finds you not guilty...

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Blasts kill 38 in Syria, 2nd aircraft downed

JARAMANA, Syria: Simultaneous car bombings killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in a town near Syria's capital on Wednesday, as rebels downed a military aircraft for a second straight day.The explosives-packed cars were detonated...

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Rice faces uphill battle to succeed Clinton after Senators' snub

WASHINGTON: Heat from powerful Republican lawmakers against her nomination has triggered off a spate of jokes playing on her last name, from fried Rice to boiled Rice to burnt Rice. But President Obama's move to elevate Susan Rice as Secretary of State...

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AIDS killed nearly 18,000 in China this year

BEIJING: Around 17,740 people have died in China this year due to AIDS, the country's health authority announced on Wednesday.The figure from January to October is a 8.6 per cent increase year-on-year, Xinhua reported.The ministry of health said 34,157...

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Increased activity at North Korean launch site

WASHINGTON: A new satellite image shows a marked increase in activity at a North Korean missile launch site, pointing to a possible long-range ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in the next three weeks, according to satellite operator DigitalGlobe Inc.The...

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Pak judge makes official stand for hours over a lie

LAHORE: In an action reminiscent of that of a school teacher punishing an errant student, a Pakistani judge made a government official stand up for hours in his courtroom for telling a lie.Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court asked...

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Air strike kills 10 kids near Damascus

AMMAN: A Syrian government air strike on a rebel-held village near Damascus killed 10 children on Sunday as they played outdoors, opposition activists said, and video footage showed residents while collecting young bodies torn by shrapnel.The children...

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13 die in Pak after drinking cough syrup

LAHORE: Thirteen people have died in a main Pakistani city after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said Monday.The victims were all drug addicts who apparently drank the cough syrup in an attempt to get high, said police officer Multan...

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Twin suicide attacks at Nigerian church kill 11

NIGERIA: Two suicide bombers targeted a church inside a military barrack in northern Nigeria today, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others as worshipers were returning after a Sunday mass.The attack occurred at St Andrews Military Protestant...

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Nicolas Sarkozy's party battles to save itself

PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party is holding emergency meetings on Sunday to try to figure out who's in charge, after a disputed election for its new leader that could reshape French politics.After a decade at the helm...

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Security bases bombed in Egypt's Sinai

ISMAILIA (EGYPT): Militants bombed security bases being built in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, injuring three people, authorities said, as the state tries to reassert control over territory that slipped from its grip after the uprising that toppled Hosni...

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Five killed in second attack on Shias in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A bomb killed at least five people and wounded 90 near a Shia procession in Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the government struggles to stop a wave of attacks by sectarian Sunni militant groups determined to wipe out the minority...

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Thai anti-govt protesters clash with police

BANGKOK: Protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down rallied in the heart of Bangkok on Saturday, clashing with police in the first major demonstration against the government since it came to power last year.Although the...

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Egypt's judges slam Morsi's new powers

CAIRO: Egypt's official news agency says that the country's highest body of judges has called the president's recent decrees an "unprecedented assault on the independence of the judiciary and its rulings."In a statement carried on MENA Saturday, the...

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Pope elevates 6 cardinals to choose successor

VATICAN CITY: Six new cardinals, including an Indian, today joined the elite club of red-robed churchmen who will elect the next pope, bringing a more geographically diverse mix into the European-dominated College of Cardinals.Pope Benedict XVI presided...

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China sacks 'sex-tape' official

SHANGHAI: China sacked on Friday a district Communist Party official after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites.The case highlights the influence of China's fast-growing microblogging community, and the ruling...

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Can anyone crack the pigeon's wartime code?

LONDON: A World War Two code found strapped to the leg of a dead pigeon stuck in a chimney for the last 70 years may never be broken, a British intelligence agency said on Friday.The bird was found by a man in Surrey, southern England while he was cleaning...

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Nepal's president sets deadline for new PM

KATHMANDU: Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav has given political parties until next week to agree on a candidate to replace caretaker Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, opening the door for a change of leadership in the unstable Himalayan nation.Nepal...

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Obama commends Gaza ceasefire efforts

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, praising his efforts to help broker a ceasefire in the conflict flaring in the Middle East, the White House said.Under the Egyptian-brokered agreement, Israel...

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Hamas-Israel truce holds, Gaza calm

GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Hamas leaders in Gaza declared victory over Israel on Thursday, and thousands of flag-waving supporters rallied in celebration as the battered territory entered its first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce...

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Syria rebels seize strategic town as toll hits 40,000

DAMASCUS: Rebels seized the eastern Syria town of Mayadeen on Thursday, the latest in a series of strategic advances, as the number of people killed in the increasingly violent conflict passed the 40,000 mark.Defeated government troops fled from Mayadeen...

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Congolese rebels seize Goma, take airport

GOMA (Congo): A rebel group believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million people as well as an international airport in a development that threatens to spark...

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China detains man for Twitter joke on party meet

BEIJING: Hundreds of Chinese Internet users are rallying around a Beijing blogger who has been detained by police after posting a joke on Twitter about the pivotal Communist Party congress.Chinese authorities have been especially sensitive to any perceived...

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Prince William's pics leak out sensitive defence info

LONDON: Photographs of Prince William intended to show off his role as a search and rescue pilot have resulted in a security blunder with four shots leaking out sensitive defence information.The British Ministry of Defence was yesterday forced to reset...

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Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab.Sia Ka Tian, 70, was shocked to find the money in a black paper bag on the...

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World pressure for Gaza truce intensifies

GAZA: The UN chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region with a message that escalation of the week-long conflict was in nobody's interest.Nevertheless, Israeli air...

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Maldives sacks minister for criticising police

MALE: The Maldives sacked its human rights minister on Tuesday after she accused police of brutally assaulting her husband when he was arrested for allegedly drinking alcohol, an offence in the Islamic republic. Dhiyana Saeed, the minister for Gender...

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