Passenger attacks pilot over delayed flight
Peru’s ex-president Fujimori gets eight more years in jail
Former miss Romania elected speaker of Romanian chamber of deputies
Japanese premier Abe’s successor to be picked on Sep 23
Gordon Brown offers to lecture at $100,000
Spain for Zapatero´s Re-election
Japan upgrades nuclear accident intensity
US Secretary of State Visits Libya
Pakistan claims Indian hand in Lahore attack; India, Sri Lanka rebut
Nepal vice president ends Hindi row with Maithili oath
Man claiming to have plotted Nepal royal family massacre arrested
Malta’s ruling Nationalists claim victory in election, Labor refuses to concede
UN Fears 200 Immigrants Die at Sea
Russia suspends alcohol import from Czech Republic
Canada: Today Kosovo, Tomorrow Quebec?
Balance of economic power shifts to developing nations
Russia, S.Korea meet for talks on N.Korea nuclear issue
Russia, Venezuela to hold joint air force drills
Canada warns Sikh radicals against violence
British government under pressure over torture claims
US car industry bail-out plan collapses in Senate
Gunman attacks military helicopter in Ukraine
South Korea MERS cases rise to 108
India hopes for US pressure on Pakistan against terror
Libya to celebrate anniversary of Lockerbie bomber’s release
Two people killed in fire at Spitsbergen mine
Russian govt. approves bill to settle Syria’s $3.6 bln debt
Moscow : The Russian government approved at a session on Thursday a bill to ratify an agreement with Syria on settling the country's $3.6 billion Soviet-era debt to Russia.
In 2005, Russia agreed to write off 73% of Syria's Soviet-era debt to the sum of about $14.5 billion, and to reschedule repayment of the remainder.
Syria's debt to Russia accrued as a result of Soviet arms deliveries to Damascus.
US calls Darfur rebels to attend peace talks without preconditions
By Xinhua
Washington : The US has urged leaders of rebel groups involved in the Darfur conflict in Sudan to attend without preconditions peace talks scheduled to be held in Arusha, Tanzania.
"The United States urges all invited participants to attend the Arusha conference without preconditions, and calls on the rebel participants to include field commanders in their delegations," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday.
UK MPs face tighter rules on expenses
UN sanctions on Iran send unmistakable message, says Obama
18 killed in China mine blast
US lawmakers push for aggressive diplomacy in South Asia
Koirala quits as Nepal PM
China bans online ‘mafia’ games
Russian FM questions NATO current policies
Sri Lankan rebel’s defense line captured by gov’t troops
Acehnese Tsunami Refugees In Malaysia To Return Home
Myanmar democracy still in ‘infancy’, says junta chief
Dengue kills at least 67 people this year in Philippines
New super explosives pack a wallop without polluting
Greek prime minister to arrive in Moscow on official visit
Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops killed in clashes with rebels
US funding for population work will help women, says UN
20 killed in Haiti road accident
‘Empires of the Indus’ tops non-fiction bestseller list’
Chrysler receives $4 bn US government loan
Dengue kills 60 in Myanmar
Yahoo’s second-quarter earnings drop 18 percent
Chinese court jails Rio Tinto employees
Two teenagers killed in Colombian `military error’
Hariri’s allies pledge to install Lebanese president soon
Kosovo to hold early parliamentary polls
Journalism more than ‘rough draft of history’
Abkhazian border guards in shootout with ‘Georgian saboteurs’
South African election a sign of mature democracy, says president
Stellar blast gamma ray was aimed at earth: NASA
British Airways to cut pension deficit
Chinese air force trains 300 women pilots
Ecuador faces worst flooding in decades, 3 mn people affected
Vellu brings temple demolition issue to the fore
Russians go to polls to elect president
‘FBI broke own rules seeking information in terror cases’
Washington : The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) broke the law or its own rules more than 1,000 times while searching for information relevant to terrorism cases in domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial records, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
Six dead, 420,000 affected by rain in China
Nepal PM to be elected on Saturday 19
NASA spots pyramid-like structure on Mars
South African president in Zimbabwe for fresh talks
German train strike estimated to cost euro 100m a day: press
Americans more likely to elect a woman than a black president
Britons hit – on air, rail and road
11 inmates escape from Greek prison
Chilean police arrest 36 protestors from cathedral
CPI-M denounces ‘pro-US, pro-Israel shift’
A week after: It was an unforgettable Saturday
EU works to restore security in Caucasus — German FM
World must unite against slavery: Ban Ki-moon
Walking speed may reveal old people’s life span
China lashes out at US for ‘politicising Beijing Olympics’
Nepal’s last king bows out of palace
Neighbours voice support for Iraq’s security
China’s telecommunication sector revenue up
Six killed in Kenya stadium stampede
Extraordinary finds on China’s Silk Road origins revealed
Six SAARC leaders attending Modi swearing-in, Pakistan yet to confirm
New constitution in two months: Nepal Deputy PM
Kenya passes anti-terror law
First Muslim elected to UK’s shadow cabinet
Quit smoking to increase longevity
Typhoon batters northern Philippines
90 African refugees rescued off Malta
Kenyan police killed more than 8,000: rights group
Vuvuzela gets entry in Oxford English Dictionary
Philippine left-wing rebels claim 32 gov’t troops killed in 2 months
FARC releases two hostages
Cost-cutting measures fall short: Italy’s central bank chief
Congressional panel approves Hagel for US defense secretary
APEC meeting ends with message of ‘confidence and faith’
Eurasia’s tallest building in Moscow on fire
Moscow : The tallest structure in Europe and Asia, Ostankino Tower, caught fire Friday afternoon in Moscow, Russian emergency officials said.
British schools will be forced to build multicultural links
London : To promote community relations, 'all-white' schools in Britain will have to send their children to multiethnic schools from September so they can mix with other races and religions.
EU to send new mission to Kosovo after Serbia polls
7 die in New Zealand school river trip
Urgently required: Climate emergency back-up plan
Post poll violence in Kenya claims 250 lives
Leading US Banks can go Red
Sarkozy urges US, Russia to delay missile plans
Airport scanner can damage diabetes device
22 drown as boat sinks off Guinea-Bissau
Nepal leaders vow to hold free, fair elections
Bus plunges into raging river killing 16 people
South African government websites hacked
Tombstone used to smuggle drugs into Canada!
Myanmar parliament session to start Oct 22
Armenia’s prime minister wins presidential polls
26 killed in Indonesia floods
Russia downplays Tu-142 flight over U.S. aircraft carrier
Nepal’s sole rail service closes indefinitely
Aftershocks keep jolting quake-hit areas in China
One injured in London building collapse
London : At least one person was injured when the top of a building next to Scotland Yard police headquarters in central London collapsed Tuesday, leaving the streets strewn with rubble and causing extensive damage to parked cars and motorbikes.