Pak Taliban plan to attack on May 11 election

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Taliban plan to carry out suicide bombings during Saturday's election in a bid to undermine the poll, according to a letter from the leader of the militant group.Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, in a message to the group's...

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Nun, 2 others guilty of US nuclear facility breach

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee: An 83-year-old nun and two fellow protesters were convicted Wednesday of interfering with national security when they broke into the primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium in the U.S. It took the jury about 2 ½ hours to find...

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Pak court declares US drone strikes as illegal

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Thursday declared that US drone strikes in the country's lawless tribal belt were illegal and directed the foreign ministry to move a resolution against the attacks in the United Nations. The Peshawar high court issued...

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Dhaka building collapse toll crosses 800

SAVAR (Dhaka): The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster passed the 800 mark as rescuers pulled out 51 more decomposed bodies on Wednesday from the debris of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed last month.According to officials...

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Kurdish rebels begin critical pullout from Turkey

ISTANBUL: Kurdish rebels have begun withdrawing from Turkey into their stronghold in northern Iraq, a pro-Kurdish lawmaker said on Wednesday, in a major step towards ending a decades-long conflict that has left tens of thousands of people dead.The pullout...

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Pakistan polls: Nawaz, Imran are neck-and-neck

ISLAMABAD: The PML(N) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf appear to be neck-and-neck in the race for power in Pakistan as they enjoy almost the same voter approval ratings in a new survey released on Wednesday.Over 25 per cent of respondents in the poll conducted...

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US moves closer to arming Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON: A Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is predicting the US will soon be "arming the rebels'' seeking to overthrow Syria's Bashar Assad.Tennessee's Bob Corker says "it's time for to begin changing'' the balance of power...

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Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 715

SAVAR: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster rose sharply to 715 as rescuers pulled out 36 more decomposed bodies on Tuesday from the debris of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed last month.Officials at the makeshift...

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UK, Somalia host aid conference in London

LONDON: Somalia's president opened an international conference on Tuesday by asking donors to provide "considerable investment and support" for his beleaguered government in the coming years. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and British Prime...

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Blast at election rally kills 15 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A blast at a pre-election rally killed 15 people in northwest Pakistan on Monday, officials said. The attack at a gathering of members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam religious party also wounded 40 people, said the officials.Since April, the...

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Israel raids on Syria killed at least 15 soldiers

BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on Syrian military targets at the weekend killed at least 15 soldiers and dozens more were unaccounted for, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog said on Monday."At least 15 soldiers were killed, and dozens more are...

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Google's 'Palestine' page harms peace hopes: Israel

JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli official accused Google on Monday of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting the name "Palestine" under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories (www.google.ps).Palestinians hailed Google's move...

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Hollande denies discord with Merkel: Report

BERLIN: French President Francois Hollande has contested claims he has put cooperation with Angela Merkel on ice until after Germany's general election and praised the chancellor, a German news weekly reported Sunday."That is wrong, that is not my position,"...

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Violence in Bangladesh for stricter blasphemy law

DHAKA: Violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday as thousands of Islamists chanting 'Allahu Akbar' and demanding a tougher blasphemy law enforced a road blockade and clashed with police leaving at least one person dead and scores injured.Witnesses...

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Egyptian cabinet to be reshuffled by end of week

CAIRO: The Egyptian cabinet will be reshuffled by the end of the week, a state-run newspaper reported, pointing to a delay in efforts to revamp a government widely criticised for failing to get the economy moving and to conclude a much-needed IMF loan...

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Afghan president says CIA payments to continue

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA's station chief in Kabul has assured him that the regular funding that the US intelligence agency gives his government, will not be cut off.He said the Afghanistan government had been...

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China mulls five-year visas

BEIJING: China plans to issue multiple-entry five year visas to attract high-skilled foreign professionals to broaden its technological base.Foreign talent will soon be eligible for Chinese visas valid for up to five years, according to a draft regulation,...

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Shed the elitist image, Britain's Cameron is warned

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron must shed his elitist image and connect with ordinary voters, a senior party member said on Saturday, after the anti-EU UK Independence Party scored major gains in local polls at the expense of the ruling...

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Britain's far-right surges in local polls

LONDON: Britain's far-right UK Independence Party, known for its strong anti-immigrant rhetoric, on Friday made "remarkable" gains in local elections, emerging as a serious threat to the three main political parties of the country.The party, also known...

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Over 130 dead in tribal fighting in western Sudan

KHARTOUM: More than 130 people have been killed in the latest outbreak of tribal fighting in western Sudan's Darfur region, a tribal leader said on Friday."Fighting was going on until last night and from our side we have 37 dead," said the leader of...

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For Pakistan, Sarabjit was always Manjit

BHIKHIWIND (Punjab): Sarabjit Singh in India, Manjit Singh in Pakistan. For the man, who was given a state funeral here Thursday after having been brutally attacked in a Lahore jail where he was on death row, it was really all about a name.For his family,...

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Israel PM: Any peace deal will go to referendum

JERUSALEM: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would put any peace deal reached with the Palestinians to a referendum, in a meeting with the Swiss foreign minister."If we get to a peace agreement with the Palestinians, I'd...

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Somalia famine kills 258,000, half of them children: Report

NAIROBI: Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a UN report on Thursday which admitted the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy. The toll is much higher than...

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Musharraf arrested for Bugti's killing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police on Thursday arrested and interrogated beleaguered former president Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation, one of three high-profile cases that have dogged him since he...

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Myanmar forces restore order after anti-Muslim riots

KYAW BOI LAY (Myanmar): Hundreds of police and troops restored order in central Myanmar on Wednesday after a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in which one man was killed after Buddhist mobs trashed property owned by Muslims following a minor street...

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Turkish Airlines bans bright lipstick on hostesses

ANKARA: Turkish Airlines has banned air hostesses from wearing brightly-coloured lipsticks such as red or pink, a move which has sparked fierce debate as the government is accused of trying to Islamise the country, local media reported on Wednesday.Numerous...

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At least 15 killed in Iraq bomb blasts

BAGHDAD: At least 15 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts across Iraq on Wednesday, police and medics said, following a sharp increase in violence that has prompted warnings of a full-blown sectarian conflict. Violence in Iraq has increased...

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