Even as the world has been celebrating the New Year, terror violence struck Nigeria and Egypt killing worshippers and common people. In Nigeria, at least 30 people have been killed when a bomb went off at a market near a military barracks in Abuja on new year’s eve, the state-run TV channel said on Saturday. […]
A car bomb explosion outside a Christian church in Egyptian city Alexandria has killed 21 people and has injured more than 50. The latest official casualty figures came from the Health Ministry. Egypt’s media Al Ahram quoting police, reported that car bomb exploded when worshippers were emerging from a New Year’s Mass from the Saints […]
A 24-hour strike organised by Sunni Muslim clerics is taking place across Pakistan to protest against possible changes to blasphemy laws. Rallies were staged in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta after Friday prayers. The Government has distanced itself from a Bill to change the law, which carries a mandatory death sentence for anyone who […]
In Australia, thousands more people are preparing to evacuate their homes as one of the country’s worst floods continues to inundate the state of Queensland. Forced evacuations are being planned in Rockhampton as rising floodwaters threaten the town of 77,000. Queensland’s prime minister said the floods have affected about 200,000 people over an area larger […]
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said his country would back any UN -led military action taken to force out incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. Hague said they have deployed a military liaison officer to the country to work on various contingencies with the French. However, he said this did not mean he was […]
South Africa has relaxed requirements for Zimbabweans to get permits to stay in the country as thousands queue at government offices. They have to get correct paperwork before a New Year deadline, otherwise they will face deportation. Officials now say that passports are no longer required and those still in the queues by closing time […]
Dismissing reports that it is acting under pressure, India today termed as technical the problem in settling the current account transactions with Iran under the Asian Clearing Union, ACU. An External Affairs Ministry press release said that efforts were being made to resolve the issue as soon as possible. The RBI had on December 23 […]
Media reports in Pakistan have claimed that the plot behind the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto was hatched at the home of a Pakistani army brigadier. But the claim was dismissed as totally concocted by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. The Express Tribune’ newspaper quoting unnamed sources reported today that a fresh probe has […]
Ukraine has sent the majority of its weapons grade uranium to Russia. According to media reports, the uranium was transported to Moscow yesterday by a special flight from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov. Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoting Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Voloshin reports, by removing its highly enriched uranium stockpile Ukraine is fulfilling its […]
Kashmir Valley was on Friday cut off from rest of the country as incessant snowfall forced closure of Jammu-Srinagar National highway, where over 100 vehicles were stranded, and cancellation of all flights to and from the international airport in Srinagar. The snowfall also prompted authorities to close schools, which were kept open to compensate for […]
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