United Nations - 23 Sep 2011 (AFP): TheUnited Statesled a mass walkout of theUN General Assemblyon Thursday when Iran's PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadlaunched an outspoken attack on Western nations.A US diplomat who was in the assembly hall to monitor the speech left halfway through, while the 27Europ

A 20-year-old Nasa satellite the size of a bus is heading for Earth and expected to hit on Friday. Nasa and the US Department of Defense are tracking the 35ft spacecraft, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or (UARS), as it heads towards the planet at five miles per second. Exper

Tokyo - 21 Sep 2011 (AFP): A powerful typhoon smashed into disaster-ravaged Japan on Wednesday, having already killed at least four people, less than a month after a vicious storm left 100 dead.Typhoon Roke, whose maximum speed was recorded at 216 kilometres (130 miles) per hour, made landfall near

Beijing - 20 Sep 2011: India will be infringing on "China's sovereignty and national interest" if ONGC Videsh goes ahead with its plans to exploreoil and gas in the South China Sea, theChinese foreign ministryreiterated on Monday. The Indian company has worked out plans to explore the sea area along

Beijing 15 Sep 2011: China has warnedIndian companies from entering into any deal with Vietnamese firms for exploring oil and gas in disputed parts of the South China Sea. The statement might give a new turn to its relationship with India, which has been asking China not to build infrastructure proj

Kabul - 13 Sep 2011 (AFP): TheTalibanlaunched an attack on the centre of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, hitting Nato's coalition force headquarters next to theUS embassyin Kabul.The insurgent group said the ongoing assault inKabulbegan with a suicide attack targeting local and foreign intelligence i

Paris - 12 Sep 2011: An explosion at the French nuclear site of Marcoule on Monday killed one person and injured four others, media reports said.There is a risk of a radioactive leak after an explosion in an oven at the nuclear site near the city ofNimesin the south ofFrance, emergency services said

Moscow - 07 Sep 2011 (Reuters): A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, leaving 43 people feared dead.The crash of the Yak-42 aircraft, whose passengers included players and coaches of a team that in

Nairobi - 06 Sep 2011 (AFP): Three-quarters of a million people are facing death by starvation in Somalia, the UN said on Monday as it reported that famine had spread to a sixth southern region of the beleaguered Horn of Africa state."Tens of thousands of people have already died, over half of whom

Washington - 03 Sep 2011: A 7.1 magnitudeearthquakestruck on Friday in the Aleutian Islands offAlaska, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it did not see a threat of a widespread destructive tsunami from the quake, which was centered in the Pacific Ocean, 107

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama declared Friday a state of emergency for New York state as Hurricane Irene is approaching the US East Coast, Xinhua reported. Obama cut short his vacation in Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts Friday to return to Washington a day ahead of schedule

URUMQI (Friday, 05 August 2011 16:48) - Amid fresh arrests, restrictions on fasting and prayers at mosques, Uighur Muslims are suffering under the latest episode of Chinese government crackdown on their ethnic minority in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. "If any religious figure discusses Ramad

Sydney - 21 August 2011 (AP): A series of earthquakes struck off theSouth Pacificisland nation ofVanuatuon Sunday, causing minor damage, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Local tsunami advisories were issued but later lifted, and no tsunami was recorded.The US Geological Survey said a

Kut (Iraq) - 15 August 2011 (AP): Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities this morning, killing 56 people, most of them in the southern city of Kut, in a wave of violence that shattered what had been a relatively peaceful holy mo

Damascus - 14 August 2011: Syrian military vessels joined an assault that killed more than 20 people on Sunday in the city of Latakia, activists said, the first attack from the sea since an anti-regime revolt erupted in March. The latest bloodshed came a day after world leaders demanded an immedi

Jerusalam - 13 August 2011 (AP): The US will cut $100 million in American aid money to Palestinians inGazaif the territory'sHamasrulers continue with "unwarranted audits" of local American nonprofit organisations, a state department official said on Saturday.The American threat came in response to a

Damascus - 13 August 2011 (AFP): Armoured vehicles entered the port city of Latakia and a village near Lebanon Saturday, activists said, causing residents to flee as the West seeks ways to pressure Damascus to end the violence. "Military vehicles including tanks and armoured personnel carriers co

White House - 12 August 2011: Continuing a tradition at the White House, last night President Obama hostedhis thirdIftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan. The Iftar is the meal that breaks the day of fasting, when Muslim families and communities eat together after sunset. The President was joined in t