Middle East peace deadline expires

LONDON, A US deadline for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians has come to an end without the two side reaching any agreement, BBC reported on Monday.Direct talks had resumed in July after a three-year hiatus but quickly became strained.The...

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Tornadoes kill 26 in US

TUPELO: Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles into 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi, part of a storm system that killed at least nine people in the South and...

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Pakistan cuts PM's electricity for not paying bills

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Tuesday cut off the electricity supply to several major official buildings for non-payment of bills, including parliament, the prime minister's offices and the president's official residence.Pakistan is blighted...

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Video shows S Korea ferry captain escape sinking ship

HONG KONG: South Korea's coastguard on Monday released a video showing the trouserless captain of a sinking ferry scrambling to safety as hundreds remained trapped inside — a move expected to intensify criticism of the crew over the disaster.The 10-minute...

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Newspaper apologizes for 'world is fukt' headline

SYDNEY: The Australian financial newspaper which accidentally published a front-page headline reading "World is Fukt" apologized on Monday to its readers for the error-ridden edition.The respected Australian Financial Review, in a message from editor...

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Syria's Assad to run for presidency again

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has registered to run in next month's presidential vote, which is expected to return him to power despite the grinding conflict, the parliament speaker announced on Monday.The election will be Syria's first...

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South Africa marks 20th anniversary of democracy

JOHANNESBURG: South Africans on Sunday celebrated 20 years of democracy with song, prayer and praise for those who guided their country into a more peaceful, tolerant era, although some noted that economic inequality and other problems have undermined...

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Iran to target decoy US aircraft carrier in drills

TEHRAN: An Iranian newspaper is reporting that the country's military plans to target a mock-up American aircraft carrier during upcoming war games.Today's report by independent Haft-e Sobh daily quotes Adm Ali Fadavi, navy chief of the powerful Revolutionary...

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4 dead in crash of Philippine cloud-seeding plane

SANTIAGO: A light plane crashed today while on a cloud-seeding flight over farmlands that have been scorched by the intense summer heat in the northern Philippines, killing all four people on board, officials said.The plane crashed at a cornfield in...

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Saudi reports five new MERS deaths, taking toll to 92

RIYADH: The Saudi health ministry on Saturday announced five new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, taking the country's death toll to 92.A statement released overnight added that 14 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were detected in the kingdom,...

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Afghan preliminary poll results due as run-off looms

KABUL: Afghanistan is set to announce preliminary presidential election results on Saturday, with former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah ahead in early counting but below the 50-per cent vote required to avoid a run-off.Abdullah secured 43.8 per cent...

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Qaida urges kidnappings of Americans to free prisoners

DUBAI: Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed jihadists including a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack the United Nations...

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It's official: Would save drowning Putin, Obama says

SEOUL: It's official: even though they are involved in the worst east-west clash since the Cold War, Barack Obama would save Vladimir Putin from drowning.Obama on Friday delivered his answer to a question posed to Putin during a live television appearance...

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China offers rewards for tip-offs in restive Xinjiang

BEIJING: Authorities in China are offering cash rewards for everything from "violent terrorism training" to growing long beards, the latest security regulations in the Xinjiang region that critics say target Muslims.The rewards are part of a social stability...

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North Korean N-threats useless: Obama

SEOUL: North Korea will gain "nothing" by making threats, US President Barack Obama said on Friday, warning it of sanctions with "more bite" if it went ahead with a fourth nuclear test.Speaking in South Korea as satellite images revealed the North could...

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Bomb kills 4 in Pak; airstrikes hit militants

KARACHI (Pakistan): A bombing in southern Pakistan killed a police officer known for his anti-militant campaigns and three other people on Thursday while army officials said the Pakistani air force carried out airstrikes against insurgents in a northwestern...

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Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels

SLAVIANSK (Ukraine)/ST PETERSBURG (Russia): Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country, the interior ministry said on Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of "consequences" if Kiev used the army...

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US proposes first regulations for e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON: The US government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the federal Food and Drug Administration.While the proposal being...

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Russia issues fresh Ukraine attack threat

SLAVYANSK: Russia issued a blunt warning Wednesday it would respond if its interests are attacked in Ukraine, as pro-Kremlin rebels in the restive east of the country braced for a new military offensive by Kiev.The threat by Russian foreign minister...

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Obama arrives in Japan for first leg of tension-filled Asia trip

TOKYO: US President Barack Obama landed in Tokyo on Wednesday to launch an Asian tour dedicated to reinvigorating his policy of "rebalancing" US foreign policy towards a dynamic Asia.Obama landed aboard Air Force One to begin a state visit to Japan,...

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Chinese teacher gets death for raping students

BEIJING: A primary school teacher in China has been sentenced to death for raping and molesting about 11 students, the latest in a series of sexual assault convictions involving teachers.Gao Daosheng, 59, was convicted on Tuesday of raping and molesting...

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Cries of anguish as SKorea ferry toll reaches 113

JINDO (South Korea): For a moment there is silence in the tent where bodies from the ferry disaster are brought for identification. Then the anguished cries begin.The confirmed death toll from the April 16 disaster off South Korea's southern coast reached...

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Cries of anguish as SKorea ferry toll reaches 113

JINDO (South Korea): For a moment there is silence in the tent where bodies from the ferry disaster are brought for identification. Then the anguished cries begin.The confirmed death toll from the April 16 disaster off South Korea's southern coast reached...

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Fresh Thai poll no closer despite multi-party meeting

BANGKOK: Thailand's political impasse looked no closer to a solution on Tuesday despite a rare meeting of political parties and the Election Commission to discuss how and when a new vote should be held after a general election in February was declared...

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‘Piles and piles’ of bodies in South Sudan slaughter

NAIROBI: The UN's top humanitarian official in South Sudan says he saw "piles and piles" of bodies after rebels belonging to one ethnic group slaughtered members of other groups in a remote town.Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview...

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Fresh Thai poll no closer despite multi-party meeting

BANGKOK: Thailand's political impasse looked no closer to a solution on Tuesday despite a rare meeting of political parties and the Election Commission to discuss how and when a new vote should be held after a general election in February was declared...

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‘Piles and piles’ of bodies in South Sudan slaughter

NAIROBI: The UN's top humanitarian official in South Sudan says he saw "piles and piles" of bodies after rebels belonging to one ethnic group slaughtered members of other groups in a remote town.Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview...

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Everest avalanche death toll reaches 13

KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide on Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak.Three sherpas remained missing from Friday's...

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for Nigeria attack

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack ever in Nigeria's capital in a video obtained on Saturday, as the search continued for 85 schoolgirls still missing after a mass abduction by the Islamists.The bombing at...

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SKorea ferry tragedy: Relatives give DNA swabs to identify dead

JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea: Some relatives of the more than 200 children missing in a sunken South Korean ferry offered DNA swabs on Saturday to help identify the dead as the rescue turned into a mission to recover the vessel and the bodies of those on...

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115 kidnapped Nigeria schoolgirls still missing

LAGOS: A Nigerian school principal on Thursday denied reports from the military that most of the students kidnapped from her school by Islamists were now safe, saying that only 14 of the 129 taken had escaped."The report from the military is not true,"...

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'Taliban negotiator under house arrest in UAE'

KABUL: A leading Taliban peace negotiator has been placed under house arrest in the United Arab Emirates, officials said on Thursday, dealing a blow to President Hamid Karzai's efforts to jump-start a nascent Afghan peace process before leaving office.Agha...

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