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  • Afghanistan seeks more trade; hopes ties with India will get boost

    Afghanistan today said its trade with India would get a boost following commitment at the recent SAARC summit that barriers among the South Asian countries should be removed. Afghanistan Ambassador to India Nanguyalai Tarzi said at the India International Trade Fair (IITF), that the two countries have a long history of trade relations and economic […]

    Kidnappers release three French hostages in Yemen

    Al-Qaeda militants have freed three French aid workers they kidnapped in Yemen more than five months ago, the French presidency and local officials said today. The three were in good health, according to a tribal chief involved in negotiating the trio’s release, while a security official in southern Shabwa province said they would later today […]

    Israeli air raids on Gaza kill Palestinian: medics

    Israeli air raids on the northern Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian overnight and wounded four others, doctors said today, after a rocket attack on Israeli territory. The raids destroyed a security post of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and left two other Palestinians missing, they said. The dead man was identified as 20-year-old Mohammed […]

    Astronauts head to space station on Russian rocket

    Russia launched a rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, in a mission critical to keeping the station manned and to the country’s reputation as a space power. A Soyuz-FG rocket with American Dan Burbank and Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin aboard blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space centre […]

    6.4-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia’s Maluku

    A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern North Maluku province today, meteorologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 11:05 am (0405 GMT) with an epicentre 69 kilometres southwest of Labuha city, the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said. It struck at a […]

    Huge military base blast in Iran kills Guards commander, 16 others

    A massive explosion at a Revolutionary Guards base just west of the Iranian capital  yesterdaykilled 17 members of the elite force, including a top commander, officials said, revising the toll down from 27. “Unfortunately the fax that I received from the site of the incident was not legible, and the figure 27 was announced, whereas […]

    Berlusconi quits, Monti said to be next premier

    Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has resigned after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing the country back from the brink of economic crisis. A chorus of Handel’s “Alleluia,” performed by a few dozen singers and classical musicians, rang out in front of […]

    US wants Myanmar to do more for political reforms: Clinton

    Myanmar is making “real changes” towards reforms but much more needs to be done, including the release of detained politicalprisoners, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. “It appears that there are real changes taking place on the ground, and we support these early efforts at reform. We want to see the people of […]

    Arab League suspends Syria, calls for sanctions

    The Arab League on Saturday suspended Syria until President Bashar al-Assad implements an Arab deal to end violence against protesters, and called for sanctions and transition talks with the opposition, it also called for the withdrawal of Arab ambassadors from Damascus, but left the decision to each Arab state. A statement, read by Qatari Prime […]

    Italy Senate approves key reforms; New Greek cabinet takes oath

    Italy’s Senate gave its initial approval to a package of key economic reforms aimed at staving off bankruptcy including state asset sell-offs and a liberalisation of local services. Final approval of the measures by the lower house — expected on Saturday — is the precondition set by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for his resignation after […]