Chemical weapons abandoned in China to be destroyed

BEIJING: China and Japan will destroy over 3 lakh pieces of chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese forces in northeast China at the end of World War II.The trial destruction will take place on Monday in the Harbaling area of China's Jilin Province, where...

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Syrian air raids kill at least 12 in southern town

BEIRUT: Syrian activists say government airstrikes on a southern town have killed at least a dozen people, including children.The local coordination committees, an activist collective, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights both reported the strikes...

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3 South Africans killed in Afghan attack: Police

KABUL, Afghanistan: Taliban suicide attackers killed the South African leader of a foreign aid group, his son and daughter and an Afghan worker in an assault on the agency's Kabul offices, authorities said on Sunday, as the city's police chief resigned...

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China, Pakistan ink 20 pacts, boost ties

BEIJING: "Iron friends" China and Pakistan today inked 20 agreements amounting to Chinese investment reportedly worth about USD 46 billion, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held wide-ranging talks with the leadership here. Sharif, who is here to take...

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Gorbachev warns world 'on brink of new Cold War'

BERLIN: Former Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev says tensions between the major powers have put the world "on the brink of a new Cold War." He accuses the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to "triumphalism" after the collapse of...

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Obama heads to Asia fresh from poll drubbing

WASHINGTON: Still smarting from his election night mauling, President Barack Obama heads this weekend to China seeking to reassure Asian nations of America's commitment to its much-vaunted pivot to the region.Assailed on all sides by global crises, from...

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Japan local assembly okays restart of two reactors

TOKYO : A local assembly in Japan today approved plans to restart two nuclear reactors, removing a major hurdle to getting atomic power back online more than three years after the Fukushima disaster.A majority of Kagoshima assembly members voted for...

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Pak army chief renews offer to train Afghan troops

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief general Raheel Sharif has renewed the offer to train Afghan military during his meeting with the new President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and promised weapons for an infantry brigade.Raheel paid a day-long visit to Kabul Thursday...

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China and Japan agree to resume dialogue after 2 yrs

BEIJING: China said on Friday it reached agreement with Japan to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week's Asia-Pacific Economic...

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Libya court rules June elections unconstitutional

CAIRO: Libya's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the June election that produced an internationally recognized legislature and government was unconstitutional, further deepening a political divide that has fueled months of militia fighting.The court...

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US navy Seal who shot Osama unmasked

WASHINGTON: A decorated ex-navy Seal Robert O'Neill has been unmasked as the man who pumped three shots to the head of elusive al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden during a top-secret 2011 raid on his hideout in Pakistan.O'Neill, 38, is the Seal Team Six member...

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US nurse who caught Ebola: 'I'm not careless'

ATLANTA: The Dallas nurse who flew on a commercial jet before being diagnosed with Ebola says she wasn't careless or reckless.In an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Amber Vinson also said she didn't get enough training to feel comfortable treating...

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Pak: Dozens held after mob lynches Christian couple

LAHORE: Police in Pakistan arrested dozens of people on Wednesday after a mob beat a Christian couple to death and burned their bodies for allegedly desecrating the Quran.Blasphemy is a serious offence in conservative Pakistan where those accused are...

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Jerusalem policeman killed as Palestinian rams car into crowd

JERUSALEM: An Israeli border policeman was killed and nine other people wounded on Wednesday when a Palestinian ran down two groups of pedestrians in Jerusalem following weeks of tensions in the city.It was the second such deadly car attack by a Palestinian...

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Spanish nurse who had Ebola to leave hospital

MADRID: A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa will leave a Madrid hospital on Wednesday after being cured of the deadly virus, her doctors said."Teresa Romero, a patient and employee of our hospital will be able to leave...

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Pak: Christian couple burnt alive for allegedly desecrating the Quran

LAHORE: In a gruesome incident, a Christian couple was on Tuesday thrashed and burned alive by a group of angry Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly desecrating the Quran. The horrific crime was reported from the villages of Kot Radha...

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Pak: Christian couple burned alive for allegedly desecrating the Quran

LAHORE: In a gruesome incident, a Christian couple was on Tuesday thrashed and burned alive by a group of angry Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly desecrating the Quran. The horrific crime was reported from the villages of Kot Radha...

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Obama to meet Aung San Suu Kyi on Nov 14: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will meet Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on November 14, during a six-day trip through Asia, the White House said on Tuesday.The president will also hold a bilateral meeting with President Thein...

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Circus tiger kills eight-year-old girl in China

BEIJING: An eight-year-old Chinese girl was killed by a circus tiger after she slipped into an enclosed "animal training site", state media said.The girl died of her injuries in hospital following the attack at Leheledu Amusement Park in the southwestern...

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China's new laser weapon may help Pak counter US drones

BEIJING: China claimed on Monday it has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down small aircraft and drones within seconds.This important development opens up the possibility of the weapon being exported to China's close ally,...

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Sierra Leone says another doctor dies of Ebola

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE: A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola, the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said on Monday.Dr Godfrey George, medical superintendent of Kambia Government Hospital in northern...

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Bangladesh recovers from blackout after 24 hours

DHAKA: Lights came back on in most of Bangladesh on Sunday after a near 24-hour blackout that brought much of the country to a standstill."The production of electricity is hovering around 5,000 megawatts, meaning now we are able to feed almost all the...

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ISIS lines up, kills at least 50 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials and Sunni tribal leaders say Islamic State group extremists have shot 50 tribesmen, women and children in the head, killing them.Sunday's attack is the latest mass killing attributed to the militants in Iraq's Anbar province.Sheikh...

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Iraq blast targeting Shiites kills 10: officials

BAGHDAD : A car bomb targeting Shiites in Baghdad ahead of the major Ashura religious commemorations killed at least 10 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said.The bombing near their tent in the area of Al-Ilam in southwest Baghdad also...

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