Churches slam UK's welfare reforms

LONDON - Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the "bedroom tax" will cause upheaval for some of Britain's most vulnerable people, religious leaders and anti-poverty activists claim. The measure, which takes effect Monday,...

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Saudi says internet apps break the rules

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia warned today of "suitable measures" if providers of internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules, days after the industry said authorities wanted to control such traffic. "Some telecom applications...

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Iconic music producer Phil Ramone dies at 79

NEW YORK: Phil Ramone, the legendary US music producer behind hits by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand, died Saturday at the age of 79, a trade publication said. Ramone, a 14-time Grammy winner once dubbed the "Pope of Pop",...

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Tanzania building collapse toll hits 17

DAR ES SALAAM: More bodies, including those of two children, have been pulled out of the rubble of the building that collapsed in Dar es Salaam, bringing the toll to 17, a local government official said on Saturday."So far the number of people who are...

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Mandela has pneumonia, breathing 'without difficulty'

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela was comfortable and breathing without difficulty after being treated for pneumonia, the presidency said on Saturday as the anti-apartheid icon spent a third day in hospital.Messages of concern for the ailing 94-year-old,...

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We take N Korean threats seriously: US

WASHINGTON: The White House said on Saturday that it takes North Korea's latest saber-rattling threats seriously while cautioning that Pyongyang has a long history of bellicose rhetoric.North Korea's latest bout of angry rhetoric included a vow that...

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Bosnia's 'Monster of Grbavica' jailed for 45 years

SARAJEVO: Veselin Vlahovic, a former Bosnian Serb paramilitary dubbed the "Monster of Grbavica", was jailed on Friday for 45 years for inflicting a reign of terror on Sarajevo civilians during the 1992-95 war."During systematic repression against the...

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US dentist puts 7,000 patients at risk of HIV

CHICAGO: A dirty dentist placed 7,000 patients at risk of contracting HIV and other infectious diseases after failing to properly sterilize equipment at his Oklahoma practice, health officials warned on Thursday. Officials do not yet know if any patients...

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Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber on Friday targeted a senior Pakistani police commander, killing 12 people, including two women, near the US consulate in Peshawar, officials said.It was the latest in a string of attacks as the country prepares to hold historic...

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Cyprus banks to reopen under strict restrictions

NICOSIA: Cypriots are expected to descend in their thousands on Thursday on banks, which reopen with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent fleeing depositors from cleaning out the vaults in a catastrophic bank run.The east Mediterranean island...

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Nelson Mandela back in hospital

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday.A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight....

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Cyprus banks reopen after deal

NICOSIA, CYPRUS: Banks in Cyprus reopened to customers for the first time in nearly two weeks Thursday with strict restrictions on transactions to stop people withdrawing all their savings and triggering further chaos in the country's financial system....

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Syrian opposition's Arab League seat 'illegal': Russia

MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday called the Arab League's decision to award Syria's seat at the organisation to the anti-regime National Coalition "illegal and indefensible"."In terms of international law, the League's decision on Syria is illegal and indefensible...

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Britain loses bid to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada

LONDON: The British government on Wednesday lost the latest round of its long-running legal battle to deport radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who is wanted in his native Jordan after having been convicted of terrorism charges in 1999.Successive British...

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Ex-CIA head apologizes for affair

LOS ANGELES: David Petraeus apologized on Tuesday night to an audience of veterans for the conduct that led to his resignation as head of the CIA following the disclosure of an extramarital affair.Dressed in a civilian's dark suit and red tie, Petraeus...

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Egypt extradites two Gaddafi-era officials to Libya

CAIRO: A Cairo airport official says authorities have extradited two Libyan officials from the regime of deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi back to their home country.It is the first time in years that Egypt has conducted such a high-profile extradition.The...

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Retrial ordered in Amanda Knox sex-murder case

ROME: Italy's highest court of appeal overturned the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox on Tuesday and ordered a retrial over the murder of her British housemate in what prosecutors said was a drug-fuelled sex attack.Knox and her former Italian boyfriend...

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Opposition takes Syria seat at summit

DOHA, QATAR: Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime.In a ceremonious...

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New York art museum accused of duping visitors

NEW YORK: Before visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art can stroll past the Picassos, Renoirs, Rembrandts and other priceless works, they must first deal with the posted $25 adult admission and the meaning of the word in smaller type just beneath...

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Top rebel leader wounded in Syria

DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A rebel military leader who was among the first to call openly for armed insurrection against President Bashar Assad was wounded by a bomb planted in his car in eastern Syria, anti-regime activists said Monday.Col. Riad al-Asaad, leader...

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Hong Kong: Foreign maids lose fight for residency

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's top court ruled against two Filipino domestic helpers seeking permanent residency on Monday, the final decision in a case that affects tens of thousands of other foreign maids in the southern Chinese financial hub.In a unanimous...

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New pope opens Holy Week on Palm Sunday

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart, as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds.The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims,...

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Cyprus in last-ditch bailout talks in Brussels

BRUSSELS: Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades entered emergency talks with the island's international creditors on Sunday seeking to avert bankruptcy in a crisis that is again threatening the stability of the wider eurozone.The clock is ticking for the...

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25 killed in northern Nigeria attacks

ABUJA: At least 25 people have been killed in coordinated attacks by unidentified men armed with machine guns, bombs and rocket-propelled grenades in northern Nigeria, police said.They said that targets of the attacks were a tavern, a bank, a police...

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Obama visit ancient city Petra

PETRA, JORDAN: US President Barack Obama marvelled at the sights of Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day.The visit followed a...

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Al-qaida leader Abou Zeid dead: France

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande's office confirmed on Saturday that one of the key leaders of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), AbdelhamidAbouZeid, had been killed in fighting with French-led forces in northern Mali.Hollande "confirms...

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Bangladesh tornado death toll climbs to 23, 200 hurt

DHAKA: The death toll from a tornado that swept through some 25 villages in eastern Bangladesh, rose to 23 with rescuers finding three more bodies in debris, a day after the deadly storm which also left nearly 500 people injured.The storm which hit the...

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Britain hit by heavy spring snowfall

LONDON: Britain should be celebrating the start of spring but the kingdom was shivering on Friday after heavy snowfall left tens of thousands of homes without power.BBC weather forecasters said some 20 to 40 centimetres (eight to 16 inches) of snow would...

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Britain considers 'bail' system for immigration

LONDON: British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called on Friday for a bail-like system to stop visitors from so-called high risk countries abusing their immigration visas.Under the proposal, applicants would have to pay a cash deposit believed to be...

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Three marines dead after US base shooting

WASHINGTON: A US marine shot and killed two colleagues before apparently turning the gun on himself at a military base in Virginia, the US Defense Department said on Friday.Officials said the shooting happened late Thursday at the Quantico Marine base...

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Turkey: Kurd rebel leader calls for truce

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate ceasefire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies.In a...

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Russia searches hundreds of rights groups, NGOs

MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors on Thursday searched the offices of Memorial, one of the country's oldest and most respected human rights groups, part of a new wide-ranging campaign targeting hundreds of non-governmental organizations.Up to 2,000 organizations...

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Obama not giving up on Mideast peace

RAMALLAH: President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israelis and Palestinians to get back to peace talks but offered no new ideas on how they might do so, essentially abandoning his previous support of the Palestinian demand for Israel to halt settlement...

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Pak to hold general elections on May 11

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced Wednesday that general elections would be held on May 11, in what will mark the first democratic transition of power in the country's history."The president received a summary from the government...

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Bangladesh president dies in Singapore

DHAKA: Bangladesh President Mohammad Zillur Rahman, a close aide of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, died on Wednesday at a Singapore hospital where he was being treated for kidney and respiratory problems, officials said.He was 85. "He breathed...

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