In the biggest political change in Singapore, the gleaming city state’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has announced his retirement from the Cabinet, paving the way for reforms after the ruling party’s worst debacle in the 7th May general elections. The 87-year-old leader and his successor, former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday announced […]
US Army engineers began opening a major Louisiana floodgate to ease pressure from the swollen Mississippi River, in a bid to save cities by sacrificing small towns and farmland that now face historic flooding. The US Army Corps of Engineers opened a single bay at the key Morganza Spillway to allow a relatively small amount […]
The imminent trial of Pakistan-born Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana, co-accused with David Headley in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, could reveal ISI’s links to terrorists and any evidence of spy agency’s “malfeasance” would worsen US-Pakistan relations. Rana, 50, who was indicted by a federal grand jury under 12 counts on 15th February last year for […]
The FBI has arrested a man in Los Angeles for allegedly providing financing and other material support to the Pakistani Taliban, U.S. authorities announced on Saturday. Irfan Khan, 37, was among three people arrested on the same charges, according to the FBI. Authorities described Khan as a resident of Miami, Florida. It’ s unclear why […]
As a cornered Pakistan faced all- round flak for its failure to detect Osama bin Laden’s presence on its soil, its Parliament on Saturday slammed the US raid that killed him and warned that the transit facility to Afghan -based NATO forces would be withdrawn if “unilateral” American actions like drone strikes continued. The warning […]
Taliban suicide bombers on Friday killed 80 people, mostly soldiers, at a paramilitary academy in northwest Pakistan, claiming it to be the “first revenge attack” for the slaying of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and vowed further “bloodshed” in retaliation. Over 115 people were also injured when two bombers struck a large group of Frontier […]
Under intense global scrutiny over his spy agency’s failure to detect Osama bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan, ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has “surrendered” himself to Parliament so that he could be held accountable for any lapses related to the unilateral US raid that killed the dreaded terrorist. Pasha’s dramatic announcement came today […]
The Indian Community Welfare Committee (ICWC) under the patronage of the Consulate General of India in Dubai has launched Project Eagle aimed at release of 12 Indian nationals languishing in jails because of their inability to raise the legal compensation. According to a statement of ICWC, Project Eagle has been launched as a part of […]
Russia says the United States had a firm judicial base on the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a Moscow newspaper on Thursday that the U.S. operation was conducted as a self-defense action in accordance with the UN Charter. He said no one in the world has any […]
NATO airstrikes struck Muammar Gaddafi’s sprawling compound in Tripoli and three other sites early on Thursday, hours after the Libyan leader was shown on state TV in his first appearance since his son was killed nearly two weeks ago. Explosions thundered across the Libyan capital and wailing ambulances raced through the city as the last […]
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