A multi-nation transport corridor that would radically reduce cargo transportation time between India on one side and Central Asia and Russia on the other with Iran being the pivot could see dry runs beginning next year. A three-day meeting of experts from 16 countries discussed ways to smoothen th

The world's tallest tower and Tokyo's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Sky Tree, has opened to the public. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower Tuesday to mark its opening. It is recognized by Guinness World

The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. Eclipses of some type occur almost every year, but stargazers have not seen an annular

In what is shaping up as an academic Battle of the Titans - one that offers vast new learning opportunities for students around the world -Harvardand theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyon Wednesday announced a new nonprofit partnership, known as edX, to offer free online courses from both unive

ISLAMABAD (Khaleeejtimes) - A passenger plane Boeing 737 carrying 127 passengers and crew crashed at the Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in Rawalpindi on Friday. According to initial reports, the plane belonged to private airline Bhoja Air had flown from Karachi but crashed near Islamabad a

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a watch for much of the

WASHINGTON, A US City Council has passed a resolution condemning the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat and expressed concern over the "denial" of justice for the victims. The resolution, passed this week by the City Council of Harvey, Illinois, expressed solidarity with the victims, including those

Washington - 10 March 2012: They are caricatured through convenience store owner Apu in the cartoon seriesThe Simpsons, celebrated for their victories in Spelling Bee contests and success in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, and courted for their wealth given their status as the ethnic group with the

Sanaa - 25 Feb 2012 (Reuters):Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadibecame Yemen's new president on Saturday, formally removing autocratAli Abdullah Salehfrom power, as a car bombing in the south of the country underscored the violence that will be the new leader's greatest challenge.The car loaded with explosives

Islamabad - 25 Feb 2012 (IANS): Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been directed to write to global policing agency Interpol for issuing an arrest warrant against former Pakistani presidentPervez Musharraf, Interior MinisterRehman Malikhas said.Malik said the FIA would approach the In

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's son Sean has converted to Islam in Iran. Stone, whose new Muslim name is Ali, is making a documentary in the Islamic Republic. "The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with," he told AFP. "It means I have accepted Moha

Moscow - 18 Dec 2011: (Agencies):The Bhagavad Gita, one of the holiest Hindu scriptures, is facing a legal ban and the prospect of being branded as ''an extremist'' literature across Russia. A court in Siberia's Tomsk city is set to deliver its final verdict on Monday in a case filed by state prose

Baghdad - 18 Dec 2011 (Reuters):The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq Sunday, ending their withdrawal after nearly nine years of war and military intervention that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives. The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Ba

Brussels - 09 Dec 2011 (Reuters): Europe divided on Friday in a historic rift over building a fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries led by Germany and France agreeing to move ahead with a separate treaty, leaving Britain isolated.Twenty-three of the 27 leaders agreed

Islamabad - 07 Dec 2011: Reports of a military coup swirled acrossPakistanon Wednesday, a day after the country's embattled PresidentAsif Ali Zardariquietly flew out to Dubai, ostensibly for treatment. His close aides spoke in different voices about his medical condition, intensifying speculation ab

Jerusalem - 24 Nov 2011 (PTI): Israel's hawkish Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuhas lashed out at Western leaders who have supported the Arab Spring, terming them "naive" in watching favourably the developments in the region, which he believes were taking the Arab world backward not forward.Creditin

Nusa Dua, Indonesia - 20 Nov 2011 (Reuters): TheUnited Statesand China faced off on Saturday over the thorny issue of how to resolve competing claims by Asian countries to sovereignty of the South China Sea, the latest point of friction between the two powers. PresidentBarack Obamatold Chinese Premi

United Nations - 19 Nov 2011 (IANS): India and 39 other nations abstained from a UN resolution condemning an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to theUnited States, saying full facts were not known and the matter was sub-judice. The resolution, which was introduced bySaudi Arabia, doe