Abu Dhabi launches summer tourism drive
Author:? Riyadh: Rodolfo Estimo Jr. Tue, 2012-05-15 21:01 The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ABTA) launched on Monday a campaign to attract local tourists to visit the UAE’s capital city during summer. Abu More...
Plane crash kills 15 in Nepal mountains
Sun, 2012-05-13 21:00 KATMANDU, Nepal: A plane crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people and critically injuring six. Plane crash More...
Heavy clashes between Syrian army, rebels in Rastan
Mon, 2012-05-14 07:11 AMMAN: Rebels killed 23 Syrian soldiers on Monday, according to a rights group opposed to President Bashar Assad, in battles around the town of Rastan that further undermined a sagging UN-backed More...
Peru-Chile border hit by 6.2 quake, no damage seen
LIMA/SANTIAGO: A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early on Monday, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors’ national emergency More...
Vatican braced for exhumation in old kidnap case
ROME: Coroners and medical technicians swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into one of the Vatican’s enduring mysteries: the 1983 More...
Dalai Lama alleges poison plot; China cries foul
BEIJING: China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison in their hair for him to touch during More...
Blast kills nine in largely peaceful Afghan north
KABUL: Explosives planted on a bicycle killed nine people in the relatively peaceful Faryab province of northern Afghanistan on Monday, including a provincial council member, police said, amid an increase in violence More...
Obama campaign attacks Romney over Bain record
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign opened an assault on Mitt Romney’s background as a private equity executive on Monday with a video that seeks to undermine the Republican’s More...
Seven UN peacekeepers shot at Congo protest
KINSHASA: Seven United Nations peacekeepers in Congo were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a protest in the east of the country on Monday, a UN spokesman said. Read more: Seven UN peacekeepers shot at Congo protest More...
EU ministers delay Ukraine pact, soccer decision
BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers postponed ratifying a cooperation agreement with Ukraine on Monday in a protest over its human rights record, but were unable to agree on whether to snub Ukraine when it hosts the More...