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  • Iran politicians register for presidential race

    Iranian election authorities said several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the 14th June presidential elections. Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Ahmadinejad’s adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr and the president’s elder brother, Davood Ahmadinejad are among dozens who joined the race ahead of Saturday’s registration deadline. […]

    18 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria border

    Two explosive-laden cars blew up in a small Turkish town near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 18 people in one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile area. The bombings in the town of Reyhanli, just a few kilometres from the main border crossing into Syria, come amid increasingly bellicose criticism by […]

    Pakistanis vote in historic polls, 17 killed in violence

    Defying Taliban death threats, enthusiastic Pakistanis in large numbers today voted for national and provincial assemblies in a landmark democratic transition of power marred by a string of bomb attacks killing at least 17 people. A staggering 75,000 security personnel, including 5,000 troops for sensitive polling stations Taliban-dominated restive areas in northwest, were deployed to […]

    Sibal gets additional charge of Law, Joshi Rail

    Telecom Min Kapil Sibal was given additional charge of Law Ministry while Road and Transport Min C P Joshi the Railways portfolio following the resignation of Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Bansal. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique made these announcements on Saturday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recommended these changes to President Pranab Mukherjee, who accepted the […]

    Anthony commissions MiG-29 K fighter planes into Navy

    Defence Minister A K Antony on Saturday commissioned warfare aircraft MiG-29 K Black Panther squadron into the Indian Navy. The commissioning was held at INS Hansa which would be the base for Black Panther squadron along with other fighter aircraft squadrons of Indian Navy. The squadron initially comprising 16 aircraft would be known as IANS […]

    PM talks to Siddaramaiah, congratulates him on election as CM

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday congratulated Siddaramaiah on his election as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Prime Minister also wished him well for the future. Siddaramaiah was on Friday elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the state. “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked to Siddaramaiah to congratulate him on his election […]

    10 killed in Pak election-day bombings

    Polling in Pakistan’s landmark general election was marred by four bomb blasts in Karachi on Saturday, Quetta and Peshawar that killed at least 10 people and injured over 40. Ten people were killed and three dozen others injured when two bombs went off near the secular Awami National Party’s election offices in the southern port […]

    Polling progresses in Pakisthan, but 5 killed in bomb blasts

    At least five persons were killed and 15 others injured on Saturday when a bomb went off near a secular political party’s election office in Karachi, hours after thousands of Pakistanis began voting in a landmark general election. The blast occurred near an election office of the Awami National Party in Landhi area of Karachi. […]

    Flash Floods Claim 90 Lives in Kenya

    The flash floods caused by heavy rains pounding several parts of Kenya have claimed the lives of 90 people and displaced more than 100,000 others, the East African country’s humanitarian agency said on Friday. Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Secretary General Abbas Gullet told journalists in Nairobi that the coastal and western regions of the […]

    First Responder to U.S. Fertilizer Plant Blast Arrested for Possessing Pipe Bomb

    A volunteer paramedic who was among the first responders to a deadly fire and explosion last month at a Texas fertilizer plant was arrested Friday and charged with possessing materials for a pipe bomb, U.S. media reported. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities  said on Friday  that they are launching a criminal investigation into the April 17 explosion […]