BP is struggling since the last five weeks to plug the oil spill of about 5,000 barrels (795,000 litres) per day by using several complex containment methods…
At least 50 Jamaicans, including 44 civilians, were killed when law enforcement agencies tried to arrest Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a drug kingpin wanted by the U.S. government…
Seoul blames North Korea for the loss of its 46 sailors in wake of investigations conducted by international observers. North Korea vows retaliation if any action is taken.…
Authorities in Tehran hanged minority Baloch leader Abdul Hamid Rigi. The Baloch leader was accused by Iran of drug dealing, murders, inciting violence and getting aid from U.S. and al-Qaeda.…
A car bomb in Iraq claimed lives of at least 22 civilians while wounding more than 50 others.…
Access to popular Internet networks like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr! and Wikipedia has been completely blocked by the government of Pakistan…
Thai military stormed into the Red-shirts protest area clashing with anti-government activists, resulting into deaths of at least 10 protestors as well as destruction of dozens of landmark buildings.…
Who? A suspected Taliban suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into an ISAF convoy. What? The kamikaze-style attacker was driving a van laden with 750kg of explosives killing at least 12…
Iran has agreed to transfer 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey within a month in return for higher-enriched nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor.…
Thai army opens fire on the supporters of the Red-shirt opposition movement die in Bangkok killings more than 25 people.…
Sudanese army has claimed to have killed at least 150 rebels and captured another 72 during an offensive in darfur. JEM militia deny the claim.…
Hundreds of angry Afghans torched U.S. flags and effigies of President Barack Obama to vent their rage against U.S. and NATO occupation forces on May 13.…
Who? Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol, the chief military adviser of Thailand's anti-government Red Shirts movement is carried by protesters.What? A Thai military officer, supporting the opposition movement against his…
I’ve been to the plains of Punjab, the Indus valley, the foothills of Karakorum, the delta of Indus river and the coastal region of Makran. Every region has its attraction…
The two wars in Chechnya have brought unprecedented loss of lives on the Chechens with their economy in tatters. There is not a single family in Chechnya that has not…
The two wars in Chechnya have brought unprecedented loss of lives on the Chechens with their economy in tatters. There is not a single family in Chechnya that has not…
Nowroz is one such festival that is celebrated as the festival of life and a new beginning. The word ‘Nowroz’ is a compound of two Persian words, ‘now’ means new,…
“Pain is no stranger to us women,” she continued philosophically. “It only makes us strong. It makes us victors. It makes us do the things we do in best possible…
Though the only republic in a monarchist Arabian peninsula, Yemen has never seen proper functioning of democratic institutions and has always faced foreign interference that lead to civil strife and…
A couple of days ago, the awareness campaign for climate change got a new boost when the government of the Indian Ocean republic of The Maldives held an underwater cabinet…