World

  • Russia, China not biggest adversaries in world: US
    Washington, March 11 (PTI): The Obama administration dismissed the notion that Russia and China pose a major challenge to the United States."Clearly China and Russia do not represent our biggest adversarie
  • Libyan rebels on the run, West divided
    AJDABIYA, Libya, March 11 (AFP): Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi's forces were in control of the oil town of Ras Lanuf Friday, as rebels on the run appealed for arms and divided Western powers mulled military i
  • Japan FM ‘to resign’ over Korean’s gift
    TOKYO, March 6 (AFP): Japan's centre-left government suffered a blow Sunday when its high-profile foreign minister reportedly said he would step down over a donations scandal that drew the ire of the conservati
  • New Zealand quake to cost up to $11 billion
    WELLINGTON, March 6 (Reuters): The earthquake which shattered the New Zealand city of Christchurch on February 22 would cost the country up to NZ$15 billion ($11 billion) and will also wipe 1.5 percent off GDP
  • Gaddafi launches counter-offensive on Libya rebels
    TRIPOLI, March 6 (Reuters): Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched counter-strikes on Sunday to try to take back strategic towns from rebel forces, while intense automatic gunfire reverberated around t
  • Hundreds protest civilian deaths in Afghan capital
    KABUL, March 6 (Reuters): Hundreds of people chanting "Death to America" protested in Kabul on Sunday against a spate of civilian casualties caused by international forces, a sign of the simmering ant
  • Moammar Gadhafi forces overcome rebel defenses
    A Libyan man inspects the site of a massive explosion that occurred during the night in Benghazi, Libya on Saturday, March 5. Hospital officials say an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya’s rebel st
  • Jammed pistol kept toll down in Frankfurt attack
    KARLSRUHE (GERMANY), March 5 (AP): The pistol used by the suspect in the slaying of two US airman at the Frankfurt airport malfunctioned during the attack, preventing even greater loss of life, a German investi
  • Libya rebels advance, vow to topple Gaddafi
    Libyan gunmen from the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fire in the air during a mass funeral for rebel gunmen killed in fighting  in Ajdabiya, eastern Libya on Thursday, March 3. (AP Photo)
  • Austria detains ex-Bosnian general on Serb warrant
    VIENNA, March 4 (AP): A Serbian colonel who defected to Bosnia's army at the start of the conflict between the two sides has been detained on a Serbian warrant and is awaiting a hearing on whether he should be
  • Hundreds attend Pakistani minister’s funeral
    KHUSHPUR, March 4 (AFP): Hundreds of chanting Christians bearing black flags gathered in a dusty village in central Pakistan on Friday for the burial of their figurehead, shot dead by suspected Islamic extremis
  • US Justice Dept targets Bobby Jindal
    Washington, March 4 (PTI): The US Department of Justice has targeted Indian origin Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal as part of a investigation to find out whether the American state is complying with federal vot
  • Mom’s smoking ups risk of heart defects in baby
    NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters Health):  Mothers who smoke during the first trimester of pregnancy are more likely to give birth to babies with some of the most common types of birth defects, a new study finds
  • Gaddafi strikes oil areas, Arabs weigh peace plan
    BREGA, Libya, March 3 (Reuters): Muammar Gaddafi's forces struck at rebel control of oil export hubs in Libya's east for a second day on Thursday as Arab states weighed a plan to end turmoil Washington said cou
  • US airmen killed in Frankfurt airport shooting
    FRANKFURT, March 3 (AP): Two U.S. airmen were killed and two others were wounded at Frankfurt airport when a man opened fire on them at close range with a handgun, the first such attack on American forces in Ge
  • Russian flight controllers on alien claim
    London, Mar 2 (ANI): Air traffic controllers in Siberia claim to have been buzzed by a high-speed UFO with a female sounding alien speaking to them in an unintelligible cat-like language. The object had suddenl
  • ‘Putin Palace’ sold for $350 million: Report
    MOSCOW, March 3 (AFP): A lavish holiday complex on Russia's southern Black Sea coast that has been linked to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been sold to a wealthy investor for around $350 million, a report s
  • Pakistan vows to battle extremism after minister slain
    ISLAMABAD, March 3 (Reuters): Pakistan must not buckle to extremism, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday, a day after Taliban militants killed his government's only Christian minister for challenging a
  • Briton gets life in prison for killings in Iraq
    British security contractor Danny Fitzsimons is escorted out of an Iraqi court, following his sentencing in Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, February 28. (AP Photo) BAGHDAD, February 28 (Reuters): A British securi
  • US seeks tough Libya sanctions from Europe
    Libyan boys sitting on the cannon of a destroyed army tank celebrate the freedom of Benghazi, Libya on Monday, February 28. The United States pressed its European allies on Monday to set tough sanctions on the
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