Tuesday, 24 Dec, 2024

International

Police say 13 killed in bus crash in Pakistani Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD: At least 13 people were killed on Friday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, police said.The accident took place near the town of Kotli, 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of regional capital Muzaffarabad, local police station chief

Gas blast, fire ravage California town, six dead

SAN FRANCISCO: California firefighters were battling a huge fire still raging Friday hours after a gas pipeline exploded destroying or damaging more than 170 homes, amid reports at least six people had been killed.The massive explosion and inferno ripped through a neighborhood in San

Threat to burn Koran an incitement to `terror`: Mecca imam

MECCA: The imam of Mecca said on Friday that a US pastor`s threat to burn copies of the Koran was an incitement to "terrorism.""The call to burn copies of our holy book is a form of terrorism and an incitement to terrorism," Saleh bin Humaid said in a sermon marking the Muslim feast of

Pastor puts Koran-burning on hold, Muslim world seethes

GAINESVILLE: A Florida pastor suspended plans to burn hundreds of Korans but the move failed to stem a global tide of Muslim outrage Friday, as he warned the torching ceremony could yet take place. Radical evangelist Terry Jones first announced on Thursday he had scrapped Saturday`s mass

Terrorists try to enter Mumbai, warns Maharashtra CM

Mumbai: As Mumbai gets ready to usher in Eid and Ganesh Chaturthi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has stated that two suspected terrorists are trying to enter the city, reports NDTV. The government has released photos of these men. Chavan says it was the Union Home Ministry who

One shot dead in Koran protest in Afghan north

KUNDUZ: One man was shot dead when protesters, angry over plans by a U.S. pastor to burn copies of the Koran, attacked a NATO base in Afghanistan`s north on Friday, a provincial government spokesman said.A crowd, estimated at 10,000 by a spokesman for the Badakhshan province governor, had

Explosives found at power plant in Caucasus: reports

MOSCOW: Staff at a hydro-electric power station in Russia`s volatile North Caucasus found explosives in what appears to have been a bid to blow up the plant, Russian news agencies reported Thursday. Staff found the makeshift explosive device following a fire at the Irganaiskaya power

Vitamin B could put off Alzheimer`s: study

LONDON: Large daily doses of B vitamins could halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with warning signs of Alzheimer`s, potentially delaying the onset of the disease, a study suggested Thursday. Brain shrinkage, a natural part of ageing, happens faster in people with mild

Toronto film festival explores human rights, culture clashes

TORONTO: North America`s largest film festival opens Thursday in Toronto with a focus on disturbing abuses of human rights and modern clashes of civilization. The Toronto International Film Festival also welcomes back screen legends Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood, returning for the

Landmine kills nine in NW Pakistan: officials

PESHAWAR: Nine people were killed and seven wounded Thursday when their vehicle hit a landmine in a remote tribal town in northwest Pakistan, local officials said. The incident occurred in Dol Ragha village in Kurram tribal district, close to the Afghan border, which has been hit by

S.Korean minister warns of global nuclear `domino effect`

SEOUL: South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-Taek warned Thursday of a global "nuclear domino effect" unless North Korea scraps its atomic weapons. He was speaking days before senior US officials travel to South Korea, Japan and China for talks on the issue. "North Korea`s

Three unexploded bombs found in Bangkok area: police - 3rdlead

BANGKOK: Police in Thailand defused three unexploded bombs discovered in Bangkok and surrounding suburbs over a matter of hours, one of them in front of a school and one in a shopping mall, they said Thursday. The first device was found under a footbridge outside a school in central

At least 50 feared dead after Indian bus plunges into river - 2ndlead

BHOPAL, September 9, 2010 (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed and a further 35 feared dead after a passenger bus plunged into a fast-flowing river in central India, police said Thursday.The bus crashed into the river when trying to cross a flooded bridge in the state of Madhya Pradesh

Bomb blast wounds 12 outside Colombia spy agency

BOGOTA: Twelve people were wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded outside the Colombian intelligence agency`s offices in the southern city of Pasto, near the Ecuadoran border, the Red Cross said. A "low-intensity package bomb was left outside the Administrative Department of Security

Top separatist arrested in volatile Indian Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Police in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday arrested a leading separatist who has been spearheading months of protests in the disputed Muslim-majority region.Syed Ali Geelani, who heads a hardline faction of the main separatist alliance, told reporters in Srinagar before he was taken

US drone strikes kill 14 militants in Pakistan: officials

MIRANSHAH: Two US missile strikes in Pakistan`s tribal district on the Afghan border killed at least 14 rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said.The first attack took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres (three miles) northwest of Miranshah, the main town in North

Fearing shoe attack, students wearing chappals not allowed in Rahul meet

AKOLA: With hurling of footwear against politicians increasingly gaining ground as a mode of protest, students wearing chappals were denied entry for an interaction with Rahul Gandhi at a local college today.Securitymen and officials turned away chappal-wearing students wanting to take

Clinton joins condemnation of Koran-burning plans

WASHINGTON: US diplomatic chief Hillary Clinton late Tuesday joined the general condemnation in the United States of a Florida pastor`s "disrespectful" plans to burn hundreds of Korans on the anniversary of 9/11."I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful,

China, Myanmar leaders to meet as election draws near

BEIJING: Myanmar`s junta leader Than Shwe was to meet Wednesday with President Hu Jintao of China, the regime`s main trading partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.Than Shwe, whose regime has drawn international condemnation for its human

Philippine massacre trial begins

MANILA: A powerful Muslim politician went on trial Wednesday, accused of murdering 57 people in the worst political massacre in the Philippines, AFP reporters in the courtroom said.The first witness, a man named Lakmudin Saliao, climbed onto the stand after lower court judge Jocelyn Reyes