Tiananmen car crash 'suspects' named

BEIJING: Chinese police have named two suspects from the restive Xinjiang region after a car crash on Beijing's Tiananmen Square killed five people, state-run media said on Tuesday, as analysts said the incident looked like a premeditated attack.The...

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Egypt judges resign from trial of Islamist leaders

CAIRO: The judges presiding over the trial of leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stepped down from the proceedings on Tuesday, citing "uneasiness" over the trial, as the defense lawyers said the panel had come under pressure to hold the trial inside...

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UN confirms 10 polio cases in northeast Syria

GENEVA: The UN's health agency said on Tuesday it has confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria, the first confirmed outbreak of the diseases in the country in 14 years, with a risk of spreading across the region.Officials are awaiting lab results...

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Iran bans reformist newspaper Bahar

TEHRAN: Iran's press watchdog has imposed a ban on reformist newspaper Bahar for publishing an article seen by critics as questioning the beliefs of Shia Islam, media reported on Monday."Based on the verdict issued by the press supervisory board, Bahar...

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Scorpions, beetles on menu at Paris bar

PARIS: At a tiny bar in Paris's Montmartre district, chef Elie Daviron is happy to admit his new menu has disgusted some clients while others need two or three drinks before they can face it. Amid the guacamole, chicken tikka and chili hotdogs, the...

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Sharif to attend crucial meeting on Afghanistan in UK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz will hold a crucial meeting in London this week with his British counterpart David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai to boost the Afghan reconciliation process.Sharif will hold the meeting on the sidelines of...

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BBC could lose its exclusive right to licence fee

LONDON: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been warned that it could lose its exclusive right to the licence fee unless it rebuilds public trust.The broadcaster may either face a cut in the amount it receives or have to share it with other...

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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sacks top aide

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sacked her top political aide without citing any reason."The public administration ministry issued a notification cancelling the contract of Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday," the ministry's senior...

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China warns Japan against shooting down drones

BEIJING: China on Sunday warned Japan that any attempts to shoot down its unmanned drones over disputed islands in the East China Sea would be considered as an act of war and will invite retaliation."If Japan took the so called moves, it would be a severe...

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Bangla PM, opposition to talk in bid to defuse crisis

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina plans to speak by telephone to opposition leader Khaleda Zia later on Saturday to try to defuse a crisis over forthcoming elections, an aide to the premier said."Both the leaders will talk" by telephone,...

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Egyptian ex-army officer was 'suicide bomber'

CAIRO: Al-Qaida inspired militants say the suicide bomber who carried out a failed assassination attempt on Egypt's interior minister last month was a sacked military officer.A video posted on Saturday on militant websites in the name of the Ansar Jerusalem...

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Detained Chinese journalist confesses on state TV

BEIJING: A Chinese financial reporter detained on the suspicion of harming a business' reputation confessed on state television Saturday that he was fed untrue information about the company and filed unverified stories defaming the company in exchange...

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Women say no to sex over poor roads in Colombia

LONDON, Women in the remote region of Barbacaos, Colombia, have gone on a sex strike, protesting over the poor condition of roads.The movement, known as "crossed legs movement", is the second such strike in two years, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.The...

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Spain summons US envoy over spy reports

BRUSSELS: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday he would call in the US ambassador to Madrid to explain reports of American spying on the country, a close ally of Washington."We do not have evidence that Spain has been spied on ... but...

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Troops kill 40 rebels near Damascus

DAMASCUS (Syria): Syrian government troops on Friday ambushed rebels near the capital, Damascus, killing at least 40 opposition fighters, state media reported. The ambush was part of the military's offensive against rebel strongholds around President...

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Bangla factory tragedy orphans vent grief

SAVAR, Bangladesh: Orphans who lost their parents when a garment factory complex collapsed in Bangladesh vented their grief and anger at leading western retailers on Thursday as the country marks 6 months of the disaster.Relatives of the 1,135 people...

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Israel minister: 'Small differences' with US over Iran

JERUSALEM: Israel's international affairs minister on Thursday said there were "small differences" with the United States over the Iranian nuclear issue, a week after direct talks between Tehran and world powers. "We generally see eye to eye with the...

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Ex-Pak PM deny US drone collusion

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday denied a report that they had approved US drone strikes on the country's soil.Washington Post on Wednesday quoted leaked secret documents as saying Pakistan had been...

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Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 28 in Iraq

RAMADI, Iraq: Gunmen and suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles launched a wave of coordinated attacks in Iraq's Anbar province, killing 25 police and three civilians, officials and medics said on Wednesday.The attacks between 10.00pm and...

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US justifies drone attacks, says it's lawful

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has virtually said "no" to the Pakistani demand of an "end to the drone strikes", saying such attacks against terrorist groups are not only precise, but also "lawful" and "effective"."The US counterterrorism operations...

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Afghan 'lovers' found beheaded

KANDAHAR: A young couple in conservative southern Afghanistan have been found beheaded, apparently killed for having a love affair outside of marriage, officials said on Wednesday.Police investigating the case said they believed the family of the woman,...

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Bolshoi ballet dancer to stand trial over acid attack

MOSCOW: Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who made his name on stage at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, goes on trial on Tuesday for an acid attack that nearly blinded the ballet's artistic director.Dmitrichenko, 29, is accused of organizing the assault on Sergei...

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Spain frees convicted terrorist after court ruling

MADRID: A Spanish court has ordered released a convicted terrorist after a top European human rights court ruled that her rights were violated.Ines del Rio Prada was sentenced in 1987 to a total of 3,828 years for multiple terror attacks carried out...

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UK broadcaster stripped of honour over sex assaults

LONDON: Veteran British broadcaster Stuart Hall will be stripped of a prestigious honour on Tuesday after being jailed for a string of indecent assaults, a government source said.Hall, 83, was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British...

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UN-Arab League envoy in Baghdad for Syria talks

BAGHDAD: UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Baghdad Monday to hold talks with Iraqi leaders about the Syrian crisis, Xinhua reported citing official television.Brahimi, who landed at Baghdad airport in the afternoon, was received...

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Israel to release 2nd group of Palestinian prisoners

JERUSALEM: Israel will Oct 29 release the second group of Palestinian prisoners in line with a cabinet decision taken in July, Xinhua reported on Monday.In July, the Israeli cabinet voted in favour of releasing 104 Palestinian prisoners in batches, as...

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Gunmen kill 4 outside church in Egypt

CAIRO: Four people, including an 8-year-old girl and a woman, were killed when masked gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a wedding party outside a Coptic Christian church in Cairo. Seventeen people were also wounded in this attack in Cairo's Waraa...

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Brother in French Alps murder case claims innocence

LONDON: The brother of a British-Iraqi businessman who was gunned down with his family in the French Alps last year protested his innocence on Sunday in his first media interviews.Zaid al-Hilli, whose brother Saad was mysteriously killed along with his...

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Australian authorities fear worsening wildfires

SYDNEY: Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia's most populous state were bracing on Sunday for worsening conditions, with higher temperatures and winds expected to intensify the danger in the coming days.In...

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Police capture two US prisoners freed by mistake

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida: Two convicted killers who were freed from prison by phony documents were captured together without incident on Saturday night at a Florida motel, authorities said.Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were not armed...

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Bangladesh bans rallies fearing violence

DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Saturday banned all rallies in the capital Dhaka, fearing violence after the opposition called for "armed" protests to force elections under a caretaker government. The ban comes after an official from the main opposition...

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Syria's civil war plays out on social media

BEIRUT: Amid all the bloodshed, confusion and deadlock of Syria's civil war, one fact is emerging after two-and-half years - no conflict ever has been covered this way.Amateur videographers - anyone with a smartphone, Internet access and an eagerness...

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Somalia suicide attack kills 'at least 12'

MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a small but crowded restaurant in a city north of the capital Saturday, killing himself and at least 12 others, police said.Mohamed Abdi, a senior Somali police official, said the attack in the...

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Britain opens its nuclear industry to Chinese investors

BEIJING: Britain opened the door to Chinese investors taking majority stakes in future nuclear plants on Thursday as finance minister George Osborne signed a deal aimed at helping find the billions of pounds needed to replace the country's ageing reactors.On...

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Security a concern for weapons inspectors in Syria

THE HAGUE: Car bombs and mortar shells have exploded close to the hotel where chemical weapons inspectors are staying in the Syrian capital in recent days, but officials said on Thursday there is no way of knowing if the team is being deliberately targeted.In...

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Nobel winners push Putin on detainees

MOSCOW: Eleven Nobel peace prize winners have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure that "excessive charges of piracy" laid against 30 Greenpeace activists are dropped, Greenpeace said on Thursday."We are writing to ask you to do all you...

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Nazi war criminal Priebke's funeral called off

ALBANO LAZIALE, Italy: The bitterly protested funeral of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke was called off hours after it was to have taken place on Tuesday by his lawyer, who said police prevented friends and family members from attending amid a noisy...

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China city shut after flood protests

SHANGHAI: A coastal Chinese city was under lockdown on Wednesday after reports of a violent protest involving thousands of people over slow relief work following a typhoon, residents and state media said.Residents of Yuyao were demonstrating against...

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