Death toll in Iraq attacks rises to 22: officials

BAGHDAD: The toll from a wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday has risen to 22 dead and at least 83 wounded, security and medical officials said.A total of 15 shootings and bombings struck 13 cities and towns in the north, central and south of Iraq,...

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Sydney kicks off New Year celebrations

SYDNEY: Spectacular fireworks exploded over Sydney in a blaze of light and colour Tuesday to ring in the New Year, as the city kicked off a wave of global celebrations from Dubai to London to welcome 2013.Australia's famous harbour city brought in the...

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Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight

CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is confronting "new complications" due to a respiratory infection nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery, his vice president said in Cuba as he visited the ailing leader for the first time...

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Huge quantity of ancient coins found in China

BEIJING: Archaeologists have excavated about 3,500kg of ancient coins in China's Inner Mongolia Region, Xinhua reported on Sunday. Most of these coins were in prevalence during the Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD).According to Lian Jilin, a researcher with...

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Israel indicts former foreign minister

JERUSALEM: Israel's ultra-nationalist former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was today indicted by the government for fraud and breach of trust, a decision which could harm his political career, if convicted.Lieberman, 54, whose party is running on...

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Syrian troops press Homs offensive, 23 children die

BEIRUT: Regime forces on Sunday pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across Syria.The latest bloodletting comes after international...

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At least 15 killed in sect attack in north Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: Witnesses say at least 15 people were killed when gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria.The attack happened early Friday morning in the village of Musari on the outskirts...

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Philippines president approves contraceptives law

MANILA: The Philippines president has signed a law that will promote contraception, sexual education and family planning programs vigorously opposed by the country's Roman Catholic Church.President Benigno Aquino III signed the law on December 21 and...

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Tehran hangs Afghan, Iranian drug traffickers, rapists

TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday hanged an Afghan drug trafficker and four Iranians, three of them convicted of rape, local media reported.The 27-year-old Afghan from Herat, identified only by his initials MM, was sent to the gallows in the northern city of...

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Russia invites Syria opposition chief for talks

MOSCOW: Russia, one of the few powers to maintain links with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, has sent an invitation for talks to the head of the opposition Syria National Coalition, a top diplomat said on Friday.Deputy foreign minister...

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South Korea retrieves North Korean rocket debris

SEOUL: South Korea has recovered what it believes to be debris from the engine of the long-range rocket launched by North Korea this month, the defence ministry said on Friday."If it is confirmed to be engine debris, it will be very useful for analyzing...

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Berlusconi to pay wife 3 million euros a month: Report

ROME: An Italian court has ordered Silvio Berlusconi to pay his second wife three million euros ($3.95 million) a month alimony as part of a legal separation settlement opening the way for their divorce, media reports said Friday.Veronica Lario filed...

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Bilawal Bhutto launches political career

ISLAMABAD: The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has launched his political career with a fiery speech on the fifth anniversary of his mother's assassination. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's speech on Thursday comes several...

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Central African leader appeals for help against rebels

BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC): Central African Republic's embattled President Francois Bozize appealed on Thursday for French and US help to halt a rebel advance as regional troops were deployed to secure the capital in an escalating crisis in one...

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Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policy

TOKYO: Japan's new leaders set to work on dismantling plans on Thursday to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.The pro-business Liberal Democratic Party-led government also said they would give the green...

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China calls on Japan to meet 'halfway' to fix ties

BEIJING: China called on new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to meet Beijing 'halfway' to try and improve relations that have been hurt by a debilitating territorial dispute."We hope the new Japanese administration will meet the Chinese...

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Explosion in crowded area of Nigeria's Lagos

LAGOS: An explosion hit an area believed to be storing fireworks in the Nigerian economic capital Lagos on Wednesday, causing a fire that has begun to spread in the densely packed neighbourhood, an official said.It was not immediately clear whether there...

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20, including 8 children, killed in Syria shelling

BEIRUT: At least 20 people, including eight children, were killed as Syrian army tanks blasted a village in the northern province of Kahtaniyeh on Wednesday, a monitoring group said."At least 20 people, among them eight children and three women, were...

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Seven killed in fresh Karachi violence

KARACHI: Violence continued unabated in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi where seven more people, including a policeman, were killed and a well-known religious scholar was badly injured on Tuesday, taking to 26 the death toll in three days of unrest.Maulana...

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Nelson Mandela 'in good spirits'

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's ailing former leader Nelson Mandela was in "good spirits" on Tuesday as his family paid a Christmas Day visit to his hospital bed, President Jacob Zuma said."He was happy to have visitors on this special day and is looking...

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Pope urges 'end to bloodshed' in Syria

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI wished Christmas peace to the world on Tuesday, decrying the slaughter of the "defenseless" in Syria and urging Israelis and Palestinians to find the courage to negotiate.Delivering the Vatican's traditional Christmas...

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Syria peace envoy Brahimi holds talks with Assad

DAMASCUS:UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said he held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, a day after he arrived to launch a fresh bid to end the conflict roiling the country. "I had the honour to meet the president and...

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Memo case: Haqqani told to appear in court on Jan 28

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court issued a fresh notice to former ambassador to the US Pakistan's Supreme Court issued a fresh notice to former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Monday to appear before it on January 28, when it will resume hearing...

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11 children killed in China road accident

BEIJING: A minivan carrying 15 children to kindergarten plunged into a roadside pond in a rural area of eastern China on Monday, killing 11 children, state media and an official said.Three children died at the scene of the accident in Guixi city in Jiangxi...

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Chavez 'heir' Maduro steps up leadership profile

CARACAS: With President Hugo Chavez recovering from cancer surgery in Cuba, his designated heir Nicolas Maduro is spotlighting his own leadership in case of an early presidential vote, experts say. "Today, Maduro is completely different from when he...

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Japan anti-nuclear vote melts away

TOKYO: Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an election landslide to the most pro-atomic option on offer. Anti-nuclear activists have been...

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China conducts test run of high-speed train

BEIJING: China has successfully conducted a test run of the world's longest high-speed railway between Beijing and Guangzhou, ahead of the launch of the 2,298-km-long line on December 26.Running at an average speed of 300 km per hour, it only took two-and-a-half...

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Egyptians vote on disputed constitution

CAIRO: Egyptians were voting on Saturday in the second and final phase of a referendum on an Islamist-backed constitution, but there was little indication that the result of the vote will end the political crisis in which the country is mired.The vote...

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No luxury banquets or liquor for China military

BEIJING: The Chinese military has been asked to strike off luxury banquets and liquor from its list of do's while hosting receptions for high-ranking officers, under a new austerity-cum-simplicity drive.According to new regulations, such receptions should...

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2 dead, supermarket looting spreads in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES: Looters ransacked supermarkets in several Argentine cities on Friday, causing two deaths and evoking memories of widespread theft and riots that killed dozens during the country's worst economic crisis a decade ago.Santa Fe Province Security...

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Key Taliban commander among 5 killed in Pak blast

ISLAMABAD: A top Taliban commander was among five people people killed on Friday in a powerful blast in a market in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal region. The bomb attack, which also left six people injured, targeted militant commander Maulvi...

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Singaporeans most miserable in the world: Poll

SINGAPORE: Afghans and Iraqis have been traumatised by years of war but the people of super-rich Singapore are even more miserable, coming dead last in a Gallup ranking of "positive emotions" around the world.The survey of 148 nations and territories...

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Clashes in Egypt on eve of referendum

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Thousands of Islamists clashed with their opponents on Friday in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, on the eve of the second leg of voting on the country's contentious constitution that has deeply polarized the nation. The two...

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Obama sets Jan deadline to address gun violence

WASHINGTON: In the wake of the huge public outcry over the deadly Connecticut elementary school massacre, President Barack Obama has set a January deadline for proposals to deal with gun violence in the United States.Five days after last week's massacre...

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Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani officials say another victim from attacks on UN backed anti-polio teams has died, bringing the three-day toll to nine.Health official Janbaz Afridi says 20-year-old Hilal Khan died on Thursday, a day after he was shot in...

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Ailing Iraq president heads to Germany

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a key figure who sought to bridge political and sectarian divides, left for Germany for treatment on Thursday after suffering a reported stroke, his office said.Talabani departed "the Medical City hospital in...

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Joe Biden to head US gun policy push

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will announce on Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an effort to come up with policies to address gun violence amid calls for action following the massacre of 26 people including 20 children in a Connecticut...

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3,800 British troops leave Afghanistan by 2013

LONDON (AP): Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday that some 3,800 British troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2013.Some 5,000 will remain into 2014, Cameron told lawmakers.The announcement comes after a lengthy video...

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Iraq president hospitalized after suffering stroke

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among the country's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government sources said.Should...

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UK renames part of Antarctica after the Queen

LONDON: The southern portion of British Antarctic Territory has been named Queen Elizabeth Land in honour of the monarch's 60 years on the throne, London announced Tuesday. The announcement was made as Queen Elizabeth II attended her final diamond jubilee...

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Kyrgyz freeze as gas, power supplies run short

BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan): Thousands of households in the capital of Kyrgyzstan have been hit by chronic gas and power shortages just as temperatures have dropped to around minus 20 Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit). Residents of Bishkek and nearby towns, including...

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