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US asks North Korea to move rapidly: Nuclear disarmament
SINGAPORE, July 23: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed her North Korean counterpart to move rapidly on new nuclear disarmament steps on Wednesday but hailed the “good spirit” at unprecedented six-party talks....
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N. Korea urges US to drop ‘hostile policy’
SINGAPORE: North Korea pledged on Wednesday to fulfil its commitments on scrapping its nuclear programme at a high-level meeting here, while calling on the United States to drop its “hostile policy.”...
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Sri Lanka clash claims 32 lives
COLOMBO, July 23: More than 30 people have been killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Wednesday, after the government dismissed a declaration by Tamil Tiger rebels of a brief unilateral ceasefire....
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Nepal’s first president sworn in
KATHMANDU: The first president of newly republican Nepal was sworn into office on Wednesday, but the country remained in political limbo, with the former Maoist rebels refusing to form a government under him....
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No retreat from nuclear drive: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, July 23: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran would not yield in the crisis over its nuclear drive as world powers awaited a response from Tehran to a proposal aiming to end the standoff....
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Nuclear Iran poses ‘grave threat’: Obama
SDEROT (Israel): US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a “grave threat” and that the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon....
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US warns of more sanctions
WASHINGTON: The White House said Wednesday it was hopeful Iran would suspend its controversial nuclear activities, but warned of more international sanctions if Tehran does not....
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British crackdown on teenage foreign brides
LONDON, July 23: Britain is to increase the age at which foreigners can apply for a marriage visa to crack down on forced marriages, the government said on Wednesday....
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Hurricane Dolly slams into Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas), July 23: Hurricane Dolly slammed onto South Padre Island, Texas, near the Mexico border, on Wednesday as a powerful category two storm, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said....
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Japanese say goodbye to Harry Potter after long wait
TOKYO, July 23: Hundreds of Harry Potter fans dressed up in costume on Wednesday as they snapped up the Japanese translation of the seventh and final book of the series, a year after it appeared in English....
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Berlusconi’s immigrant crackdown becomes law
ROME, July 23: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a law-and-order package of reforms that takes aim at illegal immigrants whom his government blames for much of Italy’s crime....
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Militants plan to destroy Nigeria’s oil pipelines
LAGOS, July 23: The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end its campaign....
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Asean-India trade deal likely this year
SINGAPORE, July 23: Differences remain over an Asean-India free trade deal but there is hope it can be concluded this year, an official said after meetings between the two sides on Wednesday....
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Bush pledges more troops for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, July 23: US President George W. Bush and senior members of his cabinet met America’s commanders at the Pentagon on Wednesday and assured them that his administration was committed to...
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A mistress, bogus family and ‘Madhouse’— Karadzic’s life in hiding
BELGRADE, July 23: Radovan Karadzic’s secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the United States and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called “The Madhouse”, acquaintances said on Wednesday....
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Libya hits back at Switzerland over Qadhafi’s son arrest
TRIPOLI: Libya on Wednesday threatened key oil client Switzerland with reprisals over last week’s detention in Geneva of a son of Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi, as Bern said Tripoli has already taken retaliatory steps....
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BD detains schoolboy for selling weapons
DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces have arrested a schoolboy and seized illegal weapons and ammunition they say he was supplying to terror groups, officials said on Monday....
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Foam party at luxury resort kills three
ANKARA: Two Israeli teenagers and a Turk were fatally and accidentally electrocuted at a foam party in a luxury hotel in southern Turkey, officials and the media reported on Wednesday.The...
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France’s first lady also first in record sales
PARIS: France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy shot to the top of the charts with her latest album in its first full week on sale, a music industry body said on Wednesday....
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Inmate slimmed down to squeeze out of jail
HOUSTON: Police in Houston say a murder suspect who lost weight so he could escape from jail by squeezing through a vent has been caught taking a dip in a motel swimming pool.Police...
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‘Queen of Dalits’ stirs up Indian politics
NEW DELHI: An “untouchables” politician has emerged as a leader of India''s opposition after the government''s confidence vote victory, in a move that may erode support for the two major national parties before 2009 elections....
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Bangladesh completes new voter list
DHAKA: Bangladesh''s emergency government announced on Wednesday it had finished work on a “revolutionary” digital voters'' list that will pave the way for the restoration of democracy in the graft-hit nation....
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India-US nuclear deal likely to clear next hurdle
NEW DELHI: India''s atomic energy deal with the United States, now back on track after the government won a confidence vote, next faces objections from some countries over selling uranium fuel and technology to the nuclear power....
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Bhutan to crown fifth king in November
THIMPHU: Bhutan will crown its fifth king on Nov 6, ending a two-year wait for an auspicious date for the 27-year-old Oxford-educated King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to don the Raven Crown....
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Economic reforms expected after confidence vote
India''s government has regained political momentum after surviving a confidence vote in parliament, but optimistic talk about restarting stalled economic reforms could be overblown, analysts said....
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Induction of fresh US troops may not solve Afghan problems
WASHINGTON: Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and President George Bush all agree on one thing — more US troops should go to Afghanistan. But would they make much difference?...
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