US Senate Republicans block new Iran sanctions bill
WASHINGTON:?US Senate Republicans said on Thursday they needed more time to examine a revised packaged of new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector on Thursday, a surprise move that drew anger from More...
Attack on Afghan government compound kills 7
Wed, 2012-05-16 21:00 KABUL: A group of suicide bombers armed with explosive-laden vests, automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades stormed a government compound Thursday in western Afghanistan, killing More...
Chinese boats seized by North Koreans in rare public spat
Author:? Reuters Thu, 2012-05-17 04:57 BEIJING: North Korean officials have demanded payment before they will release Chinese fishing boats with a total of 29 men on board, Chinese media reported on Thursday, More...
Suspected US drone kills 3 Yemen militants — official
Author:? Reuters Thu, 2012-05-17 05:55 ADEN, Yemen: A suspected US drone attacked a convoy of Islamist militants in eastern Yemen overnight, killing three people, a local security official said on Thursday, as More...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clash
Author:? Ayla Jean Yackley | Reuters Thu, 2012-05-17 05:49 ISTANBUL: Three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on Thursday, the provincial governor’s More...
Certification rules: Amid talks headway, US panel proposes conditional aid
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON:? Even as a key US Congressional panel placed strict conditions on financial and military assistance to Pakistan on Thursday, diplomats and officials in Islamabad said the estranged More...
Punjab rioting: Protests bring ‘power’ brokers to Presidency
ISLAMABAD:? As power shortfall hit 8,000 megawatts on Thursday, protests fanned across Punjab, prompting the president to convene an emergency meeting on the energy crisis late Thursday night. The meeting More...
No survivors found after Russian plane crashes in Indonesia
MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia: A rescue team found several bodies but no survivors on Thursday in the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia during an exhibition flight with 45 people on More...
Merkel dubs Ukraine a “dictatorship” like Belarus
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Ukraine was a “dictatorship” and likened it to Belarus, one of Europe’s most isolated countries, in her sharpest comments to date against the More...
Sudan and S.Sudan at odds over talks after fighting
JUBA/KHARTOUM: South Sudan said on Thursday it was ready to reopen negotiations “any time” on a range of disputes with its northern neighbor Sudan after a spasm of fighting, but Khartoum said there could be More...