St Louis: Torrential rains lashed the U.S. midsection on Thursday, causing flash flooding that killed a woman and a child, damaged homes and forced multiple water rescues. Up to 10 inches (254 millimeters) of rain pounded Missouri overnight. A woman died in the far southwestern corner of the

KARACHI (Dawn): Heavy monsoon rains swept across Pakistan on Saturday, claiming up to 34 lives and leaving several people injured in different parts of the country. At least seven people were killed by rain-related incidents in different areas of Balochistan, said provincial secretary informa

CAIRO: Egypt’s interior ministry on Thursday promised Muhammad Mursi’s supporters “safe exit” if they quickly leave their Cairo protest camps, as police prepared to disperse them amid international appeals for restraint. The call to disperse, which came after police commanders discussed how to carr

Cairo: Protesters holding sticks and wearing helmets and makeshift body armor stand behind mounds of sandbags, tires and brick walls. They change guards every two hours to ensure they stay alert. With Egypt's military-backed government signaling a crackdown is imminent, supporters of ousted I

CAIRO: Egypt Friday formally detained Muhammad Mursi for allegedly abetting Palestinian militants in murdering policemen and staging prison breaks, as clashes between the deposed leader’s supporters and opponents killed two people. Mursi’s detention, under a court order for a renewable 15 days, furt

UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for the release of Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Mursi as his supporters and the military who toppled him sought to defuse soaring tensions ahead of rival rallies Friday. Ban demanded that Mursi and his high-level backers “be released or have their cases reviewed t

CAIRO: Egypt’s military chief on Wednesday called on his countrymen to hold mass demonstrations to voice their support for the army and police to deal with potential “violence and terrorism,” a move that signals a stepped up campaign against supporters of the ousted Islamist president. Gen. Abdel-F

Syria (AFP): Five thousand people a month are dying in the Syria war which has now thrown up the worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, UN officials said on Tuesday. A host of top officials called on the divided UN Security Council to take stronger action to deal with the fallo

Beijing: China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swathe of China climbed beyond 200. Soulik is expected to hit northern Taiwan later in the day, before crossing the narrow Taiwan Strait and slamming

The price is just 10 to 15 per cent of the current cost of Western-style IVF London: Belgian doctors have developed a low-cost version of test-tube baby technology for use in developing countries, where sophisticated Western systems are unaffordable for most couples. The researchers said on Monday

[caption id="attachment_38543" align="aligncenter" width="580"] An Egyptian flag stained with blood flutters over members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as they protest outside Raba El-Adwyia mosque in Cairo on Monday following clashes in front o

[caption id="attachment_38459" align="aligncenter" width="625"] This aerial photo shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. AP[/caption] An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people o

Iraq/July 05 A 92-year-old Iraqi farmer married a woman 70 years his junior in a village north of Baghdad, he said today, voicing happiness at getting hitched alongside two teenage grandchildren who also tied the knot. Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie married 22-year-old Muna Mukhlif al-Juburi yester

Hours after Ed Husic became Australia's first ever Muslim minister, he was flooded with online racial abuse for taking oath of office on the Quran. 43-year-old Husic, was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and parliamentary secretary for broadband yesterday. Hus

CAIRO (AFP): Five people died as protesters flooded Egypt's streets calling for Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down, in massive demonstrations reminiscent of the 2011 revolt which ultimately paved the way to his leadership. "It is the biggest protest in Egypt's history," a military sour

Pretoria: Former South African President Nelson Mandela is still clinging to life, his eldest daughter Makaziwe said on Thursday, but she criticised foreign media "vultures" for violating his privacy as he lay critically ill in hospital. Makaziwe's outburst came as anxiety increased over the

  RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP): Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Brazil on Thursday, as a protest movement over the quality of public services and the high cost of staging the World Cup gathered steam. The mounting pressure on the government of President Dilma Rousseff in the fa

DUBAI: Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani had 51 per cent of votes in the Iranian presidential election after a count of 32 million votes, state television said on Saturday. If the result remains the same when all the votes are counted, Rouhani will win the election outright and avoid a second-ro