MARTHA´S VINEYARD: President Barack Obama said Thursday that US air strikes had broken the siege of an Iraqi mountain sheltering civilian refugees and that troops conducting reconnaissance there would be withdrawn. But he added that US air strikes would continue … read more
ADEN: Ten civilians and three army technicians were killed on Wednesday when a bomb planted near a prison by presumed Al-Qaeda militants exploded in south Yemen, a security official said. The device placed in the Tibn area of Lahij province … read more
QUITO: A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Ecuadoran capital Quito Tuesday, triggering landslides that killed at least two people and violently shaking buildings and homes. Another eight people were injured and three others trapped in the landslides at quarries on … read more
KARGIL: Narendra Modi accused Pakistan of waging a proxy war in Kashmir on Tuesday as he became the first Indian prime minister to visit the town of Kargil since more than 1,000 died in a battle fought there 15 years … read more
A Chinese court on Monday upheld lengthy jail sentences given to three anti-corruption activists, their lawyer said, cementing a crackdown on a burgeoning civil rights movement. Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping and Li Sihua were charged with disrupting public order last … read more