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  • 17 killed in car bomb in Iraq

    A car bomb exploded on Sunday outside government offices in a provincewest of the Iraqi capital, killing 17 people, it was the latest deadly hit on a favourite insurgent target. At least 23 people were also wounded in Sunday’s blast, according to the police and hospital officials. The blast took place near the provincial council […]

    Pak on high alert due to fears of terror attacks on Muharram

    Pakistan Saturday put security forces across the country on “red alert” due to fears of terrorist attacks by the Taliban in Karachi,Lahore, Quetta andPeshawar during the Islamic holy month of Muharram. The alert was issued on the directive of Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Security forces had been put on red alert in the port city ofKarachi, Punjab capital Lahore, Islamabad, the garrison city ofRawalpindi and Peshawar, […]

    Germany demands political asylum for Assange

    The Die Linke German Socialist Party (left-wing) demanded that government of Chancellor Angela Merkel grant political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website. With that measure, the German government will give unconditional support for freedom of expression, said Sevim Dagdelen, the Die Linke deputy in the federal parliament. Dagdelen backed UN High […]

    SKorea to continue live-fire drill off all coasts next week

    South Korea will continue to stage live-fire military drills off all coasts of the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s deadly attack on one of its islands last month, an official said on Sunday. But a drill to be staged at 27 venues from 13th December to 19 will not take place near the contested Yellow […]

    WikiLeaks release ‘deplorable’: Obama

    Obama has slammed WikiLeaks for releasing thousands of classified US government documents and has termed the act of whistleblower website as “deplorable”. During a telephonic conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama expressed his regrets for the deplorable action by WikiLeaks and both the leaders agreed that it will not influence or disrupt […]

    Scientists develop aerostat; no flight range for tests

    Indian scientists have indigenously developed an aerostat which could be deployed for surveillance of Naxal-hit areas, but is currently lying in a hangar at Bangalore for want of a flight range to test it. Christened as ‘Chakshu’, this medium-sized aerostat is a result of a three-year collaboration between National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), a Council of […]

    Apparent suicide attack in Stockholm

    A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm on Saturday. Stockholm Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car exploded near Drottninggatan, a busy shopping street in the centre of the city. Shortly afterward, a second explosion was […]

    NATO: 25 Afghan insurgents killed in the east

    NATO says more than 25 suspected insurgents have been killed in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. The coalition says a NATO force called for air support after coming under threat from insurgents on Saturday in the Nari district of Kunar province. That has been the scene of heavy fighting along the Pakistani border. The […]

    Humanitarian Situation in Somalia Remains Fragile: UN Official

    Though major efforts were made last year, humanitarian conditions in Somalia continue to be chronic, Mark Bowden, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, said Friday. “The humanitarian situation in Somalia is a chronic catastrophe, ” Bowden said at a press conference. This year the UN launched an appeal for 530 million U.S. dollars to address […]

    UN Calls on Haitians to “Remain Calm” after Election

    The UN Security Council urged Haitian authorities and citizens to maintain peace and rule of law in their country after contested elections, Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the UN who holds the rotating Council presidency for December, said Friday. Rice made the statement as she was speaking to reporters outside of the Security Council Chambers […]