Bugti murder: Musharraf told to appear in court

ISLAMABADl A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday issued warrants for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to appear before it in connection with the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.During the hearing of the case in Quetta, former interior minister...

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Car bombs kill 51 across Baghdad

BAGHDAD: A wave of car bombs struck mainly in Shiite neighborhoods of Bagdad on Monday morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling Iraq in recent months.The country's interior...

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39 still missing after Kenya mall attack: Red Cross

NAIROBI, Kenya: More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the four-day terrorist attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall that killed at least 67, the head of the Kenyan Red Cross said on Monday.The Red Cross's report...

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Harvard honours Malala Yousafzai

LONDON: The Taliban is afraid of women's power and the power of education, said Pakistani teenager activist Malala Yousafzai as she has been honoured by the prestigious Harvard University.Yousafzai, 16, an outspoken proponent for girls' education who...

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Sudan refuses to cut back fuel price despite unrest

KHARTOUM: Sudan vowed on Sunday to stand firm on its decision to hike fuel prices, despite days of deadly protests and criticism from within the ruling party and from hardline Islamic leaders.Authorities say 33 people have died since the near-doubling...

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Skepticism amid hope for Iran solution

WASHINGTON: Always scrutinized, Iran now will be under even greater watch as the US looks for signals the Islamic Republic's new president is serious and powerful enough to pursue detente with Washington and an end to the painful economic penalties imposed...

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UK Conservative party member held over rape charge

LONDON: A top member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party has been arrested on suspicion of raping a teenage girl, British police said on Saturday.Party vice-chairman Alan Lewis, 75, was arrested in London on Friday after a woman claimed...

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Leaders of far-right Golden Dawn party held in Greece

ATHENS: Greek police arrested the leader and more than a dozen senior members and lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Saturday after the killing of an anti-fascist rapper by a party supporter triggered outrage and protests across the country.The...

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Merkel ally attacks left's plan to poll members over tie-up

BERLIN: The head of Angela Merkel's allies in Bavaria has attacked a plan by the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) to put any decision on forming a "grand coalition" with her to a vote of its members, warning against tactics that risk stability.The SPD...

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Iran, UN agency nuclear probe talks positive

VIENNA: Iranian and UN officials are upbeat at the end of talks on resuming a UN probe to determine whether Tehran worked on atomic arms, in a sign that Iran's new president is serious when he says he wants to reduce nuclear tensions.Herman Nackaerts...

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Pakistan SC rejects Musharraf's request for release

ISLAMABAD: In a major set-back to Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf, the country's Supreme Court on Friday rejected his request for release in the murder case of Balochistan leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, a media report said.A Supreme Court bench...

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Polish church apologizes for child sex abuse

WARSAW, Poland: A high official of Poland's Catholic Church apologized on Friday to the victims of pedophile priests while prosecutors said they will probe allegations that two Polish priests, including a Vatican envoy, sexually abused boys in the Dominican...

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Al-Shabaab launches fresh attack in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people. The leader of the Somali group affiliated with al-Qaida said the attacks will continue...

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Bombing at Baghdad market kills 21

BAGHDAD: Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said.Three bombs went off simultaneously in the Shia...

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Divers find bodies from spot of Concordia shipwreck

ROME: Divers on Thursday found what they believe to be the last two missing bodies from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island of Giglio.The huge ship was carrying more than 4,000 holidaymakers and crew when...

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Pak university fines girls for wearing jeans: Report

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani university has fined girl students for wearing jeans on the campus, a media report said on Wednesday.The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) made it compulsory for female students to wear dupatta and imposed a...

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Berlusconi's 28-yr-old girlfriend: I courted him

ROME: Silvio Berlusconi's 28-year-old girlfriend says she courted the 76-year-old former premier relentlessly until he finally surrendered and is now just waiting for him to agree to marry her. In an interview published on Wednesday in the Italian edition...

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Dubai in World Heritage Site race

DUBAI: Dubai Municipality is making its final preparations before the visit of experts from Unesco who will assess the eligibility of Dubai Creek to be named a World Heritage Site."We submitted the proposal last January, which has already been reviewed...

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16 killed in Afghanistan attacks

KABUL: At least 16 people have been killed in violence in Afghanistan, authorities said on Sunday.Four pro-government militiamen and three Taliban militants were killed in clashes at Hazrat-e-Sultan in Kunduz city, Xinhua reported citing a police officer.In...

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US drone strike kills 6 militants in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR: At least six militants were killed and four others injured in a US drone strike on two rebel compounds in northwest Pakistan's restive tribal region on Sunday, security officials said.The drone fired four missile targeting two compounds in...

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170 German Islamists have gone to Syria: Spy chief

BERLIN: Germany's domestic spy chief says at least 170 Islamic extremists have traveled to Syria from Germany and some are thought to be actively participating in the fighting.Hans-Georg Maassen told Deutschlandfunk radio in an interview broadcast on...

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6 killed in Nairobi mall gun attack

NAIROBI: Masked gunmen stormed a teeming upmarket mall in Nairobi on Saturday, sprayed gunfire and killing around 20 people before holing themselves up in the complex with hostages.Police were going shop-to-shop to evacuate terrified people from the...

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60% turnout in SL northern region polls

COLOMBO: A turnout of nearly 60 per cent was recorded on Saturday in the first polls in 25 years in Sri Lanka's Tamil-majority Northern Province, four years after the military defeated the LTTE to end decades of ethnic conflict.No major violence was...

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North Korea postpones reunions of war-torn families

SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday ordered the indefinite postponement of a scheduled series of reunions for families divided since the 1950-53 Korean War, dealing a setback to months of efforts to improve ties between the Korean neighbours.Six days of meetings...

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Body of US pilot found in Chinese lake

BEIJING: Divers have found the body of a missing US stunt pilot whose plane crashed into a lake in northeast China while attempting a tricky maneuver in the rain, the head of the team searching for him said Friday.David Riggs, whose US pilot's license...

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Explosion hits Sunni mosque in Iraq, killing 18

BAGHDAD: Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded on Friday in a Sunni mosque packed with worshippers north of Baghdad, killing at least 18 people in the latest outburst of violence to hit the country.Iraq is weathering its worst bout of attacks...

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Syria submits chemical weapons data

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday. Spokesman Michael Luhan told Associated Press that the declaration...

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Top Afghan official defects to Taliban

KABUL: A former Afghan lawmaker and district governor has defected to the Taliban in the northern province of Sar-e-Pol, officials said on Thursday.Qazi Abdul Hai served as a senator during 2004-08 and was later made a district governor in Sar-e-Pol.Hai...

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Greek PM warns neo-Nazi party after singer murder

ATHENS: Greece's prime minister vowed to rein in the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party after the murder of an anti-fascist singer by one of its supporters sparked nationwide outrage."This government is determined not to allow the descendants of the Nazis to...

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Forces storm pro-Morsi town in Egypt

KERDASA: Security forces and militants fought gun battles on Thursday during a government operation to wrest back control of a town near Cairo dominated by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.A police general was killed by gunfire and...

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Syrian 'proof' of rebels' chemical use

MOSCOW: Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by the rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says. The August 21 attack precipitated the current high tensions over...

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Many try to leave storm-hit Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico: Thousands of exhausted, hungry and increasingly despondent tourists lined up late into the night on a muddy road outside a military base for a chance to get home on one of two precious air bridges out of this famed beach resort isolated...

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5 killed in shootout along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

QUETTA: Pakistani and Afghan officials say security forces killed five people in southeastern Afghanistan near the two countries' border.There were conflicting claims, however, about whether the dead men were militants or Pakistani cattle farmers who...

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Prince Harry sleeps in freezer to prepare for polar trek

LONDON: Prince Harry has spent over 20 hours in a giant freezer to simulate the freezing conditions he will face when he treks 208 miles to the South Pole this winter.The 29-year-old fourth in line to Britain's throne, who will race with a team of injured...

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Car bomb hits Syria-Turkey border

BAB AL-HAWA: A car bomb exploded at the main entrance to Syria's rebel-held Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Turkey on Tuesday, a monitoring group said."A car bomb hit the main gateway to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey," said the Syrian...

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Say goodbye to welfare state, Dutch king says

AMSTERDAM: King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone.In its place will be a "participation society" in which people must...

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Baby number 17 on way for UK's biggest family

LONDON: Britain's biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home.Supermom Sue Radford, a baker's wife, is expecting again - just 11 months after giving birth - and she and her husband Noel will welcome the...

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Italy cruise ship wreck freed from rocks

GIGLIO ISLAND: The Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck began emerging from its watery grave on Monday in an unprecedented salvage operation on a stunning Italian island that has raised concern of a toxic waste spill.The 290-metre (951-foot) could be seen...

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South Korea troops kill man trying to swim to North

South Korean troops shot dead a man trying to swim across a border river into North Korea on Monday after he ignored repeated warnings to turn back, the defence ministry said.A ministry spokesman said he was carrying a South Korean passport that identified...

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