[caption id="attachment_23938" align="aligncenter" width="580"] A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi tries to stop riot police from firing tear gas. (Reuters)[/caption] CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of emergency in three cities on the Suez Ca

A blaze raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. Witne

CAIRO: Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi has appealed for calm after seven people died in clashes between police and protesters on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak. As troops were deployed in the flashpoint city of Suez, Mursi, in a message posted on his Twitter accou

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook' billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg is making a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, reports have said. The event, to take place in Zuckerberg's home in the California city of Palo Alto in mid-February, is to suppo

[caption id="attachment_23142" align="alignleft" width="380"] AP[/caption] Seoul: North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its “enemy”. The an

(CNN) -- A total of 197 million people were without jobs in 2012, with youth being particularly hard hit, and those unemployment figures will increase again this year, according to an International Labor Organization report released Monday. The bulk of the 4 million newly unemployed in 2012 came fr

Barack Hussein Obama renewed his oath of office at midday on Monday, ceremonially marking the beginning of another four years in the White House, calling for "fidelity to our founding principles" while also embracing "new responses to new challenges." Crowds that were expected to reach about

Italy: The controversial row surroundings alleged links between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism is set to be reignited following a court ruling in Italy. Judges in Rimini, north-east Italy awarded the Bocca family Euros 174,000 (£140,000) after the Italian Health Ministry

London:Britain’s police are investigating reports that a gang claiming to be Islamic vigilantes have been confronting members of the public and demanding they give up alcohol and women cover their flesh in their ‘Muslim area’. The hooded men, who call themselves Muslim Patrol, have been filmed wa

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Heavy flooding in the Indonesian capital this week has killed 12 people, driven thousands from their homes and paralyzed the sprawling city -- and officials are warning that more water is on its way. Caused by unusually strong monsoon rains, the flood waters -- often c

DAMASCUS: More than 100 civilians have been killed in a new “massacre” in Syria, a watchdog said yesterday, as Russia slammed the United States for blaming deadly blasts at a university campus on the Damascus regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came when the army on Tues

    [caption id="attachment_22308" align="aligncenter" width="450"] rounds crew wave at an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it departs San Jose International Airport for Tokyo in San Jose, California in this file photo taken January 11, 2013.Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbrait

Dubai: It’s show time in Islamabad with Dr Tahirul Qadri emerging as an unlikely avenger of the Pakistani people’s discontent with poverty, a crippling power crisis and a corrupt political system. The Pakistan’s Supreme Court’s ruling on the second day of his "long march" to arrest Prime Minister

[caption id="attachment_22172" align="alignnone" width="217"] LOC-Poonch[/caption] JAMMU/ NEW DELHI: It was all quiet at the Line of Control (LoC) after Indian and Pakistan forces agreed not to violate the ceasefire, army sources said on Thursday. There was no incident of firing reported from

CAIRO: At least 22 people were killed yesterday when a 12-story building collapsed in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Health Ministry said. Another 11 people were injured, deputy health minister Mohammed Al-Sharkawi told AFP. More people were trapped under the rubble and were calling out

Islamabad: A populist cleric Wednesday urged Pakistani politicians to join tens of thousands taking part in the largest protest in Islamabad for years, ratcheting up the pressure on the government to step down. In a three-and-a-half hour speech delivered from behind bulletproof glass, Tahir-ul Qa

Pakistan's stock exchange fell by nearly three percent after news of the court order, highlighting anxiety over political uncertainty. The cleric, Muhammad Tahirul Qadri, threatened to remain camped out near the federal parliament with thousands of supporters until his demands were met. Qadri rec

A military train carrying recruits has derailed south of Egypt's capital Cairo, killing at least 17 people and injuring another 103, officials said. The train was travelling to an army camp in Cairo when it came off the tracks in the Badrashin area of Giza. It is not yet known what caused the