China accuses Dalai Lama of deceit after murder plot claim
BEIJING:?China has accused the Dalai Lama of “deceiving the world” and “spreading false information” after Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader said he was warned of a plot by Chinese More...
Blind China activist Chen says arrested nephew a scapegoat
BEIJING: Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng said on Sunday that a nephew, arrested on charges of attempted murder, was the victim of vengeance by officials incensed at Chen’s escape, which cast a global More...
Indonesia teams scour ravine for plane’s black box
JAKARTA: Indonesian special forces and professional climbers scaled down a treacherous ravine on a volcano face Sunday in search of the missing flight recorder that could explain the deadly crash of a Russian-made More...
Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul
KABUL: A gunman shot dead a top member of the Afghan peace council Sunday at a traffic intersection in the nation’s capital, police said. The assassination strikes another blow to efforts to negotiate a political More...
Greek president makes last push to avert elections
ATHENS: Greece’s president meets party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition and avert a repeat election, but the veteran politician’s effort looked set to fail because of deep splits More...
Merkel faces rout in state vote over austerity
DUESSELDORF, Germany: Voting began on Sunday in Germany’s most populous state where Angela Merkel’s conservatives face a defeat that could give the left momentum before next year’s federal election and fuel More...
Syria troops seize Sunni village, kill 7 — activists
AMMAN: Syrian troops backed by armored vehicles on Sunday shot dead seven civilians when they overran a rebellious Sunni Muslim village west of the city of Hama, burning houses and arresting dozens of people, an More...
Two die in mine blast crossing from Egypt to Libya
CAIRO: Two men were killed on Sunday and 29 other people were injured after their convoy that was illegally crossing from Egypt into Libya entered a minefield, a medical source said. View post: Two die in mine More...
Defiant Greeks have no regret for anti-austerity vote
ATHENS: Greeks who plunged their country into turmoil by voting overwhelmingly on Sunday to reject parties behind an EU/IMF bailout say they are ready to do it all over again if, as seems all but certain, the election More...
Taleban stronger than before US troop surge
WASHINGTON: The Taleban is stronger now than before President Barack Obama ordered a surge of US troops to Afghanistan, two senior US lawmakers said on Sunday, contradicting the administration’s assessment More...