World

  • 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
    World / 3rd March 2011
  • ‘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
    World / 3rd March 2011
  • 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
    World / 3rd March 2011
  • 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
    World / 28th February 2011
  • 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
    World / 28th February 2011
  • Silvio Berlusconi tax trial resumes after immunity lost
    Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi delivers his speech at an Italian Republican Party, PRI, meeting in Rome on Saturday, February 26. (AP Photo) MILAN, February 28 (Reuters): The trial of Prime Minister Sil
    World / 28th February 2011
  • S Korea, U.S. brush off North threat, begin big drills
    South Korean protesters shout slogans in a rally against the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States, in front of the South Korean and Unite
    World / 28th February 2011
  • Thailand to further probe killing of Reuters journalist
    In this undated file photo released by Reuters, Japanese TV cameraman Hiro Muramoto smiles at his office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/FILE) BANGKOK, February 28 (Reuters): Thai investigators said on Monday they wer
    World / 28th February 2011
  • Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel, no casualties
    JERUSALEM, February 27 (AFP): A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit Israeli territory on Sunday morning, raising Israel's alert level but causing no damage or casualties, according to Israel's military and pol
    World / 27th February 2011
  • ‘Blasts kill at least ten at dogfight’
    ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan, February 27 (AFP): Two bomb explosions on Sunday tore through a gathering of villagers watching a dogfight in the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar, killing at least 10, official
    World / 27th February 2011
  • Europe races to meet ‘Mad March’ debt deadline
    BRUSSELS, February 27 (AFP): European leaders get back to the pressing business of trying to fix the eurozone debt crisis with a hectic series of summits counting down to a March 25 deadline. Governments know t
    World / 27th February 2011
  • School teen bomb maker arrested in US
    HOUSTON, February 27 (PTI): A high school teenager is being held in custody in US until the court determines whether he is a danger to the community following charges that he used internet information to build
    World / 27th February 2011
  • Libyan chaos stirs global panic over oil supplies
    Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gunmen celebrate the freedom of the Libyan city of Benghazi, Libya on Sunday February 27. US President Barack Obama has called on Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to leave powe
    World / 27th February 2011
  • U.S. hits Libya with sanctions, shuts embassy
    A child holds up a poster as demonstrators stage a protest against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi demanding an end to the violence in Libya, in Valletta, Malta on Saturday, February 26. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON, Feb
    World / 26th February 2011
  • From NZ rubble, haunting texts to Mom beg for help
    Christchurch, February 26 (AP): The first text message said: "Mommy, I got buried." About 40 minutes later: "Mommy, I can't move my right hand." Then, a brief call from New Zealand's earthqu
    World / 26th February 2011
  • World grapples for response as conflicts break up Libya
    BENGHAZI, February 24 (Reuters): World leaders condemned Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on a revolt that has split Libya, but took little action to halt the bloodshed from the latest upheaval reshaping the
    World / 24th February 2011
  • Court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden
    LONDON, February 24 (Reuters): A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.S
    World / 24th February 2011
  • Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine: Experts
    LONDON, February 24 (Reuters): Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thurs
    World / 24th February 2011
  • NATO’s “successful” Afghan night raids come with high
    SURKH ROD, February 24 (Reuters): A few minutes and a few bullets were enough to turn Abdullah from an 11th grade student with dreams of becoming a translator to the despairing head of a family of more than a d
    World / 24th February 2011
  • Israel jets hit Gaza after rocket attack
    GAZA CITY, February 24 (AFP): Israeli jets bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday in response to a rocket attack on a southern Israeli city, the military said.There were no immediate reports of c
    World / 24th February 2011
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