US drone strike kills two in NW Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, officials said. The strike took place in the Anghar area, 10 kilometres...

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Thailand protesters storm army HQ

BANGKOK: Protesters in Thailand stormed into the national army headquarters on Friday, breaking into their latest high-profile target in a bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.The crowd of about 1,200 people broke the padlocked gate at the...

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British couples to get paternity leave from April 2015

LONDON: In a landmark decision, British fathers will now be entitled to officially be on parental leave.Mums and dads will from April 5, 2015 be able to share up to 50 weeks of parental leave, under new government plans announced on Friday.Under the...

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I'm no saint or icon, says Myanmar's Suu Kyi

SYDNEY: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician.The celebrated activist and democracy champion endured years of house...

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'Fighting rages near Damascus, missile hits Raqa'

BEIRUT: Rebels and loyalists clashed on two key fronts near Damascus, as a missile hit Raqa city in northern Syria early on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 30, a monitor said.The frontline battles raged around the Qalamoun area that links Damascus...

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Pak's Lieutenant General Aslam resigns

ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General Haroon Aslam of the Pakistan Army, on November 28, resigned a day after he was superseded by his two juniors who were made the new army chief and the chairman joint chief of staff committee.Aslam has sent his resignation...

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Thai protesters keep up anti-government push

BANGKOK: Flag-waving protesters vowing to topple Thailand's prime minister took to the streets of Bangkok for a fourth day on Wednesday, massing in the thousands at half a dozen government ministries and raising fears of fresh political violence in the...

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Afghan gunmen kill six local staff of French aid group

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN: Suspected Taliban gunmen on Wednesday shot dead six local staffers working for the French aid group ACTED in a volatile region in northern Afghanistan, the group said.The men were dragged from their car in the Pashtun Kot...

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Police detain 15 radical Islamists in Moscow

MOSCOW: Russia's interior ministry said on Wednesday its agents had detained 15 radical Islamists in Moscow who belonged to a banned offshoot of the al-Qaida terror network.The ministry said members of Takfir wal-Hijra — a group formed in Egypt in the...

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Scotland to make case for independence

LONDON: The Scottish government on Tuesday unveils its legal argument for independence from the United Kingdom, but nationalist leaders face an uphill battle in convincing voters to end the 300-year union.The Scottish regional government will publish...

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Scotland unveils independence blueprint

EDINBURGH, Scotland: Scotland's government has published its blueprint for independence, outlining the ways it says the nation will prosper should voters support a referendum to leave the United Kingdom.The long-awaited document comes ahead of the referendum...

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Pakistan launches largest nuclear power project

KARACHI: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday launched the construction of the country's biggest atomic power plant and vowed to pursue further projects to make nuclear the largest energy source.The 2,200-megawatt plant is to be built with...

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Thai protesters enter finance ministry compound

BANGKOK: Thai protesters have entered the finance ministry compound in the country's capital in an escalating anti-government campaign to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.A crowd of protesters swarmed into the compound's courtyard...

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Pak police stop Nato supply truck blockade

PESHAWAR: Pakistani police have intervened to prevent activists who were protesting US drone strikes from halting Nato troop supply trucks traveling to and from Afghanistan.Police officer Behram Khan said on Monday the police would permit peaceful protests...

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Earthquake strikes south Atlantic

WASHINGTON: A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in the south Atlantic ocean 314 kilometres (195 miles) southeast of Stanley, the main city on the Falkland Islands, the US Geological Survey said early on Monday.The underwater quake struck at 0627...

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Tens of thousands rally in Kiev for closer EU ties

KIEV, Ukraine: Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through central Kiev on Sunday to demand that the Ukrainian government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia.The protest was the biggest Ukraine...

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Japan warns of 'unpredictable events' over China's new air zone

TOKYO: Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida warned on Sunday that "unpredictable events" could follow China's unilateral declaration of an air defence zone over waters including disputed Tokyo-controlled islands.A Japanese ruling party leader also...

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Egypt issues law regulating protests

CAIRO: Egypt's interim president has issued a new law regulating protests, weeks after the much-anticipated bill stirred serious criticism from rights and political groups.Presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said details of the law endorsed Sunday by...

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5.3-magnitude quake jolts China

BEIJING: A 5.3-magnitude quake jolted northeast China's Jilin Province on Friday, the state media reported. The epicentre of the quake was determined to be at a depth of eight kilometres, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the China Earthquake Networks...

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45 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia

RIGA, Latvia: Hordes of shoppers were picking up food after work in the Latvian capital when an enormous section of the supermarket's roof caved in. Firefighters rushed in to save them, only to be crushed themselves when a second part of the roof collapsed.The...

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Modest 'progress' in Iran nuclear talks

GENEVA: Iran and world powers appeared to make modest progress in nuclear talks on Friday, with Tehran saying foreign ministers could fly in to Geneva in a fresh bid to clinch a deal. "Last night we were a long way from foreign ministers coming. Today...

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Loya Jirga debates security deal with US

KABUL: About 2,500 Afghan tribal chieftains, community elders and politicians began a grand assembly on Thursday to debate a crucial security deal with the US.President Hamid Karzai and most of his cabinet arrived at a giant Kabul tent to mark the official...

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US drone strike kills 5 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A US drone strike targeting a seminary in Hangu district's Tal area in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least eight persons and injured five others, in a rare attack outside the country's tribal areas.The drone fired three missiles...

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Netanyahu Moscow visit falls flat: Israeli media

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Moscow to push Russia into taking a harder line on Iranian nuclear negotiations has fallen flat, Israel's media said on Thursday.Netanyahu flew to Moscow yesterday in what was seen as a...

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New attempt to reach N-deal with Iran

GENEVA: World powers aim to reach a preliminary deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme in politically charged talks resuming in Geneva on Wednesday.Seeking to end a long standoff and head off the risk of a wider Middle East war, the United States, Russia,...

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US Supreme court upholds new Texas abortion law

HOUSTON: A divided US Supreme Court has refused to block implementation of a controversial law limiting abortions in Texas that will force a third of clinics in America's second-largest state to stop performing the procedure. The court voted 5-4 in...

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Malala receives EU Sakharov rights prize

STRASBOURG, France: Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was handed the EU's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Wednesday in recognition of her crusade for the right of all children, girls and boys, to an education.To thunderous applause announcing...

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Hunt on for Paris shooter, victim critical but 'better'

PARIS: A massive manhunt was under way on Tuesday in Paris, a day after a gunman shot and critically wounded a photographer at the offices of a major newspaper before opening fire outside a bank headquarters and hijacking a car.Investigators have so...

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End Central African Republic killings: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon urged the UN security council on Monday to immediately back military action to protect civilians in Central African Republic before the growing ethnic and religious strife leads to widespread atrocities.He...

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Spying row: Indonesian leader slams Oz PM

JAKARTA: Indonesia's president criticized Australia's prime minister on Tuesday for not expressing remorse over the alleged wiretapping of his phone, and said cooperation agreements between the near-neighbors would be reviewed.In Canberra, Australian...

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Iraq executes 12 'terror' convicts amid surging unrest

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities announced the execution of a dozen "terrorism" convicts on Monday, defying widespread international condemnation of Baghdad's use of the death penalty as violence nationwide has surged.The latest executions, carried out on...

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US pastor facing church trial over gay marriage

A US pastor who could be defrocked for officiating at his son's same-sex wedding faces a church trial Monday.The Rev. Frank Schaefer, 51, could face punishment ranging from a reprimand to suspension to losing his minister's credentials if a jury comprised...

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Spying row: Indonesia recalls Oz envoy

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recalled his ambassador from Australia on Monday and ordered a review of bilateral cooperation following reports that an Australian security agency attempted to listen to his cellphone in 2009.Australian...

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Italy's Etna volcano erupts, lighting up sky over Sicily

ROME: Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted again, lighting up the sky over much of eastern Sicily and shooting up a towering column of ash.The eruption, which began late Saturday and tapered off Sunday morning, didn't endanger any of...

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Death toll rises to 12 in Afghan bombing

KABUL: The death toll from a suicide vehicle bomb attack on the site of a key national council in Afghanistan's capital has risen to 12, officials said on Sunday.The Taliban meanwhile took credit for the blast the day before outside the huge tent where...

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'Life in Germany's ex-communist east never better'

BERLIN: Falling unemployment, higher birthrates and heavy investment in education have created the best living standards in Germany's ex-communist east since the fall of the Berlin Wall, an upcoming government report said.Excerpts from the official study...

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Six killed in Kabul bomb attack: Ministry

KABUL: At least six people were killed and 22 injured when a suicide bomber struck near a venue where Afghan elites will debate a security pact with the US next week, the interior ministry said."Inital information shows that unfortunately four civilians,...

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Philippines: Survivors begin to rebuild

TANAUAN (Philippines): Long-delayed emergency supplies flowed into the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Saturday, reaching desperate families who had to fend for themselves for days, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of homeless...

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Trust us on war crimes probe: Rajapakse

COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Saturday that Sri Lanka must be trusted to conduct its own investigation into war crimes allegations and warned against international pressure on his regime's human rights record."People in glass houses must...

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Jihadists say Syria rebel beheaded in error: Report

BEIRUT: Al-Qaida-linked jihadists in Syria have admitted beheading a fellow rebel by mistake after believing him to be an Iraqi Shia fighting alongside regime forces, a watchdog said on Friday.A video posted on the internet on Wednesday showed two members...

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EU clears Spain in new row with UK over Gibraltar

BRUSSELS: The EU executive on Friday said it had found no proof of British claims that Spain had violated European Union rules on border and customs checks at Gibraltar's border."The commission has not found evidence to conclude that the checks on people...

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In Philippines, battered town gets busy rebuilding

GUIUAN (Philippines): The knock of hammer on nail, the buzz of chain saws, the swish of brooms clearing up debris from wrecked homes and yards: The sound of people putting their lives back together rings out across this devastated town.A week after the...

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