Military pounds militant hideouts in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan army helicopter gunships on Thursday struck militant hideouts in Dera Ismail Khan and mountains bordering South Waziristan as part of the targeted attacks on the Taliban as peace talks remain suspended.It was not immediately known...

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Radiation affects 13 US nuclear plant employees

WASHINGTON: A total of 13 employees of a New Mexico underground nuclear waste site were exposed to radiation, test results have shown.The workers tested positive for americium-241, an isotope prevalent in the type of radioactive waste — transuranic waste...

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Ukraine’s Yanukovych in Moscow: Report

MOSCOW: A respected Russian news organization has reported that Ukraine's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, was seen in a Moscow hotel and was now staying in a Kremlin sanatorium just outside the city.The RBK report was impossible to confirm, but...

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Suicide bomber kills 8 in Afghanistan: Official

KABUL: A suicide car bomber killed eight people and wounded 41 in an attack Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, officials said.General Matiullah Khan, police chief of Uruzgan province, said the explosion hit a building with a hotel and restaurant in Tirin...

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China mulls days to remember Japan's defeat

BEIJING: China is considering designating formal national days of remembrance to commemorate Japan's defeat in World War II and the Nanjing Massacre, state media reported Tuesday, amid bitter disputes over territory and history.The National People's...

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Ukraine disbands riot police unit

KIEV: Ukraine's acting interior minister on Wednesday ordered the disbandment of a feared riot police force that many accuse of attacks on protesters during the country's three-month political turmoil.Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page that he has...

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