Reuters,Washington :Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia,...
BBC Online : A Spanish judge has summoned the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos to appear in court over...
BBC Online : Parts of the US are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as an Arctic chill brings more freezing weather. A winter storm has already blanketed areas of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft (60 cm) of snow. It has been blamed for 16 deaths and the cancellation of more than 5,000 flights since Wednesday. Forecasters say temperatures in the US Mid-West could feel as low as -58F (-50C) with the effect of wind chill....
Reuters, Bangkok Protesters trying to topple Thailand’s prime minister marched in Bangkok on Tuesday to drum up support for their plans to bring the capital to a halt next week by blockading major roads and preventing the government from functioning. Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called an election for February 2 but the protesters, aware she would probably win on the back of support in the rural north and northeast, want her to step down and be replaced by...
AP, India : Rescuers using backhoes and shovels searched for survivors Sunday under a massive pile of broken concrete and...
Reuters, New York : A lawyer for Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade is seeking to postpone proceedings in a visa fraud...
Reuters, Ramallah : Palestinian protesters on Friday condemned the latest efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to advance peace talks with Israel, using chants evoking the Arab uprisings and telling him to go home. Hours before Kerry was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a raucous crowd of several hundred took to the streets of Ramallah, the West Bank’s de facto capital, chanting “Kerry, you coward, there’s no place for you in Palestine!” Separately, an official close...
Reuters, Washington : US senators pushing a bill to slap new sanctions on Iran if it goes back on an interim deal under which it agreed to limit its nuclear program have gained support since the legislation was introduced in December, aides said on Monday. The bill, which the White House has threatened to veto, requires further reductions in Iran’s oil exports and would apply new penalties on other industries if Iran either violates the interim agreement or fails to...
PTI, Balasore : India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and has a strike range of 350 km, from a test range at Chandipur near here. The test was carried out as part of a user trial by the Army. The surface-to-surface missile was test fired from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 0948 hrs. “The...
Reuters, Chicago : A blast of Arctic air gripped the vast middle of the United States on Monday, bringing the...
BBC Online : Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in Juba for talks with President Salva Kiir over the conflict...
BBC Online : Fourteen people have been killed and 10 injured in a stampede at a mosque in China’s northwest Ningxia region, according to state media. It happened as traditional food was being handed out at an event to commemorate a religious leader, Xinhua news agency said. An investigation is underway into the cause of the stampede in Xiji town, 60km (35 miles) west of Guyuan city. Four of the injured were in critical condition, the reports said. The incident...