Makkah - 25 may 2011: Muslims praying at the Grand Mosque in the western Saudi city of Makkah will be able to see the sun straight above them on Saturday, a rare phenomenon that helps worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon is the first this year and will ta

TRIPOLI: In a one-two punch against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO warplanes struck a command center in the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday after pounding regime targets around the besieged port of Misrata. Rebels were hopeful the accelerated attacks could help them extend some of their biggest adva

Bin Laden was killed in a ground operation outside Islamabad based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August. Mr Obama said after "a firefight", US forces took possession of his body. Bin Laden was accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New Yo

TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a Nato air strike that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren and destroyed a Tripoli house, a Libyan government spokesman said on Saturday. "What we have now is the law of the jungle," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a news confe

LONDON - 29 April 2011: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton married at Westminster Abbey on Friday in a royal occasion of dazzling pomp and pageantry that has attracted a huge global audience and injected new life into the monarchy. Before the vows, a veiled Middleton, the first "common

22 April 2011, (IANS) :Energy saving light bulbs are easy on your purse but they may be deadly for your health as they emit cancer causing chemicals when switched on.German scientists have warned that they should not be left on for long periods or be positioned near a person's head as they emit poi

KARACHI, April 23,2011 (Dawn): He was a comedian par excellence, but his last act left an entire nation in tears. Iconic comedian and actor Moin Akhtar died of a heart attack on Friday.He was 60. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons.Born in 1950, Moin Akhtar joined show business

Cairo - Egypt ordered ousted President Hosni Mubarak detained for 15 days on Wednesday for questioning into accusations he abused power during his 30-year rule, embezzled funds and had protesters killed. State television said Mubarak, 82, and his sons Gamal and Alaa would appear before a Cairo

TOKYO: Japan upgraded its nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises on Tuesday, the first time the highest ranking has been invoked since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The regrading to a "major accident" with "widespread health and environmental effects" p

TOKYO: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook the northeast of Japan late on Thursday, and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast already devastated by last month's massive quake and the tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant. No damage from Thursday's quake was detected at the plant

Tokyo: A tsunami warning has been issued for north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the east coast of Honshu. However, there has been no detectable effect at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant damaged in last month's quake and tsunami, nor at two other nuclear

Mumbai ,2 April 2011 (AP/AFP): Mahendra Singh Dhoni clouted a soaring six to secure India's first World Cup title in 28 years and the first for the great Sachin Tendulkar in six attempts with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Saturday's final.Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91, sharing a 109-run stand

29 March 2011 (Reuters):CAIRO - Egypt will hold a parliamentary election in September, its military rulers said on Monday, setting a date that analysts said would suit well-organised Islamists and remnants of former leader Hosni Mubarak's party.The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said eme

GAINESVILLE (Florida) - A controversial US evangelical preacher on Sunday oversaw the burning of a copy of the Quran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book 'guilty' of crimes.The burning was carried out by pastor Wayne Sapp under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last Septemb

TRIPOLI: Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and end attacks on civilians. Libyan state television said 48 people had been killed and 150 wounded in the allied air strikes. It also said there

TOKYO,Mar 18, 2011: Japan reached out Friday to the United States for help in stabilizing its overheated, radiation-leaking nuclear complex, while the UN atomic energy chief called the disaster a race against the clock that demands global cooperation.Japanese engineers conceded that burying the crip

LIBYA, 18 Mar 2011:Gaddafi's government says it will end military operations in line with UN resolution but reports of attacks continue.Libya's government has announced an immediate ceasefire against pro-democracy protesters, hours after the United Nations Security Council authorised a no-fly zone o

Sanaa, 18 Mar 2011 :Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, after a violent crackdown on anti-government protests killed at least 30 people, and left scores more wounded, in the capital Sanaa.Saleh said on Friday that the decision to impose the state o