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Lanka in touch with India over bakery blast suspect's claim |
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Sri Lanka is in touch with Indian defence authorities over reported claims by an LeT terror suspect and key accused in the Pune German bakery blast case that he was trained in Colombo to carry out attacks on the Indian soil. |
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2 killed in blast outside provincial minister's home in Pak |
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A powerful bomb went off outside the home of a provincial minister at Quetta in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two persons and injuring four others, police said. |
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Explosion rocks Russian Caucasian city, 12 killed |
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A car bomber struck at a central market in the Russian Caucasian city of Vladikavkaz, killing at least 12 people and wounding 80 others in the North Ossetian region. |
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No tax incentives to companies who outsource: Obama |
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Amid indications that outsourcing could become a hot issue in the November polls, President Barack Obama has made his stand on the issue clear, saying that tax breaks should go to companies that create jobs in the US and not overseas. |
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10 killed in Kurram agency as vehicle hits landmine |
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At least 10 people were killed and six more injured when a vehicle hit a landmine in the restive Kurram tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Thursday. |
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18 dead due to tick bites in China |
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Eighteen people have died after being infected due to tick bites in a central Chinese province, state media reported in Beijing on Thursday. |
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India anchor of stability in region: US |
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India is "an anchor of stability" in the region and will have to play significant role at the international level, a top US official said on Wednesday. |
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Indian filmmaker pleads guilty, to return to India soon |
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Indian filmmaker Vijay Kumar has pleaded "no contest" after he was convicted on Thursday of illegally carrying brass knuckles in his luggage, so he can finally return home. |
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Obama to check incentives to invest in overseas jobs |
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday underlined his determination to end tax loopholes that encourages incentives for investment in overseas jobs, saying he will provide a generous tax credit to companies that create more jobs in the US. |
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10 militants killed in US drone strike in northwest Pak |
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Stepping up attacks on Taliban hideouts on the Af-Pak border, a US drone on Wednesday fired missiles at a house in the restive tribal belt in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 militants and injuring several others. |
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US drone attack kills 6 in Pakistan |
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Six militants were killed and three others injured on Wednesday in a US drone strike in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan. |
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US to look to India for changes in Nuclear Liability Bill |
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The US says it will look to India to see what "changes" can be made to the Nuclear Liability Bill just passed by Parliament in the wake of concerns over making suppliers of equipment also liable in the event of a nuclear accident. |
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B'desh Liberation War memorial park being set up in Tripura |
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A memorial park and museum in memory of Indian soldiers and warriors of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War is being built at Chottakhola, a border village about 130 km from here, by the Tripura government. |
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Clinton joins condemnation of Quran burning plans |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that she is heartened by the unequivocal condemnation of "disrespectful and disgraceful" proposed act of burning of the holy Quran by a Florida pastor. |
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UN chief threatens to end role of UNMIN in Nepal |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday warned that the world body may end its political mission in Nepal unless deadlocked political parties ended the the standoff over government formation and discussed the future of the UNMIN in the country. |
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Aus independent MP backs opposition leader to form govt |
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Australia's one of the three king-maker independent lawmakers Bob Katter on Tuesday said that he will support opposition leader Tony Abbott's coalition to form a minority government. |
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Low intensity blasts rock Lahore, Peshawar |
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Low-intensity bomb blasts rocked the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Peshawar on Tuesday though there were no casualties, police said. |
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141 Indian fishermen released from Pakistani jail |
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A group of 141 Indian fishermen were on Monday released by Pakistani authorities from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi, completing the process of freeing 442 fishermen who have completed their prison terms. |
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Labor, Coalition agree on independents demand for Par reform |
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Australia's 'kingmaker' MPs on Monday struck a deal on parliamentary reform with both the Labor and the Coalition, inching closer to a decision on which side they would support following over two weeks of political negotiation to form a minority government. |
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China on the verge of unleashing "carrier-killer" missiles |
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China is close to deploying its new super-weapon, "carrier-killer" missiles, which they say would be used to counter balance US Naval supremacy in the Pacific. |
