Logo

Tag: World News

Pak security official confirms ‘beyond doubt’ Hafiz Saeed’s link to US-banned Peshawar madrassa

Washington, Aug. 28: A Pakistani security official has confirmed the Peshawar madrassa slapped with US sanctions for being an alleged terror training centre has huge

Read More..
Floods in Laos kill 20, damage rice crops

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Flash floods and heavy monsoon rains have battered Laos, killing at least 20 people, washing away roads and damaging crops, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. Rains

The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage is seen operating in the Arabian Gulf in this handout picture taken on November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras/U.S. Navy/Handout
U.S., allies prepare for probable military strike on Syria

AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies geared up for a probable military strike against Syria that could come within days and would be the most aggressive action

Li Tianyi and his father Li Shuangjiang, a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who gained fame singing revolutional songs, are seen at the son's solo concert at a odeum of China National Orchestra in Beijing, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer
Son of Chinese general faces rape trial; raises anger over top families

BEIJING (Reuters) – The teenage son of a prominent Chinese general goes on trial on Wednesday suspected of involvement in a gang rape in a case that has inflamed public

Indian minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja, left, escorts Chairman of ruling United Progressive Alliance and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, right, as they walk out of Indian Parliament House during the debate on National Food Security Bill 2013, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.26, 2013.
India’s Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India’s ruling Congress Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has been discharged from a hospital after falling ill during a debate in

A protestor wearing a pig mask attends a protest against the misuse of Philippine state funds during a huge rally in Luneta Park on August 26, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of Filipinos protest “pork barrel” funds

MANILA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Filipinos angry at official corruption marched through the center of Manila and other cities to demand the abolition of a misused fund for

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi looks on during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (not pictured), in Washington, July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Al Qaeda plan to ‘change face of history’ led to U.S. scare: Yemen

SANAA (Reuters) – A vow made in a phone call by the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to carry out an attack that would “change the

A picture taken through a window shows the United Nations high representative for disarmament affairs, Angela Kane, second left, at a hotel in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) .
US moves forces toward Syria, inquiry continues

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials sought Saturday to determine whether Syria’s government unleashed a deadly chemical weapons attack on its people. At the same time, the Obama administration prepared

Li Baodong speaks with the media after Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters in New York June 7, 2012. REUTERS/Allison Joyce
China sees no basis for talks with Japan over islands dispute

BEIJING (Reuters) – China sees no reason to conduct talks with Japan over their dispute about ownership of a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, Chinese deputy

A man stands at a flooded building in Veracruz August 25, 2013. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos
Tropical depression Fernand kills 13 in Mexico, dissipates

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Torrential rains triggered by tropical depression Fernand killed 13 people in central Mexico on Monday before it dissipated, though the country’s major oil installations were unaffected.