CAIRO: Medical officials say at least 12 people have been killed in clashed between supporters and oppenents of the ousted president in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, bringing nationwide toll to 30. Emergency services official Amr Sal…
BEIJING: Riots in China's ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday killed at least 27 people, state media said. ''Seventeen people had been killed... before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters'', Xinhua news agency said. Th…
Bangolore: In M Chinnaswamy Stadium , Kings XI Punjab beat RCB by 7 wickets, with 11 balls remaining. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and chose to field, but this decision was not good on the start of the match. After early goes of Pujara, Gayle and Koh…
BAGHDAD: At least 11 people were killed and several injured when three car bombs exploded in public markets early on Monday in the provinces of Amara and Diywaniya in southern Iraq, medics and police sources said. The injured being shifted to the ne…
Riyadh: A religious police of Saudi Arabia have traced an artificial lake of wine near a dam in Southern city of Khamis Mushait which contains about 500 ton of intoxicated material. The local authorities, during a raid, have also recovered as many a…
RAMALLAH: The remains of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed on Tuesday and experts began taking samples to be tested for signs of poisoning, Palestinian sources told AFP. Speaking on condition of anonymity, they said the process be…
By AFP HONG KONG: Three people died and about 50 were injured in a crash involving two double-decker buses and a taxi in Hong Kong on Monday, police said. Rescue crews rushed to treat dazed and injured passengers at the scene of the pile-up in the e…
By AFP JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel is ready to ''significantly expand'' its operation in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip as it entered its fifth day. ''The army is prepared to significantly expand the operation, …
CAIRO: Forty school children were killed when a train crashed with a bus south of Egypt's capital on Saturday, the official state news agency reported. The train hit the school bus from the city of Manfalut, near Assiut, the agency reported, adding …
Mumbai: Leader of Indian extremist party Shiv Sena Bal Thackerey passes away in mumbai at the age of 86. He was in hospitalized for some day before. He was against Indo-Pak friendship due to his extremist stance. He was not feeling well since this …
Dhaka: Following an excuse by Bangladesh Prime Minister to attend the D8 Conference in Pakistan, the participation of country's Foreign is also not certain and it is expected that he will also refuse to attend the summit. According to Foreign Minist…
Dhaka, Bangladesh: The journalist who fabricated love affair between Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was arrested by Bangladesh authorities. In end of September, social media was abuzz …
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Puton on Tuesday fired defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov, replacing hime Moscow region governor Sergie Shoigu, his spokesman said. Serdykov was relieved of his duties so that a through investigation can proceed in…
RIYADH: A gas tanker truck exploded on a main road in the Saudi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, injuring about 111 others and leaving a trail of destruction, officials said. The lorry veered into a bridge pylon at a junction on Khur…
KABUL: A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50 when he struck inside a mosque in Mamana city in northern Afghanistan during Eid al-Adha holiday prayers on Friday, officials said. "We have 20 people dead. Police are also a…
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Muazzam Khan said Thursday that Pakistan had given a dossier pertaining to Mullah Fazlullah to the Afghan government and ISAF. The dossier contains information regarding Mullah Fazlullah fleeing to Afghanistan fro…
BOCA RATON: US President Barack Obama on Monday accused challeanger Mitt Romney of being wrong on all foreign policy choices he has taken, in a forceful start to the final debate before elections. The two candidates clashed over Syria, Libya and oth…
BAGHDAD: Shootings in Baghdad and Iraq's main northern city Mosul targeting government officials and security forces killed four people on Saturday, officials said. In the capital, gunman armed with silenced weapons opened fire on a police patrol in…
Beirut: A blast rocked Ashafriyeh district in central Beirut on Friday during rush hour. Smoke was seen rising from the site of the blast. The residents of the area are mostly Christians. The cause was not immediately clear. The explosion occurred a…