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Kuwait PM resigns after opposition election surge

Kuwait City, Feb 5 : Kuwait's caretaker prime minister has stepped down to clear the way for a new government after parliamentary elections dominated by hard-line Islamists and other opposition groups. The official Kuwait News Agency says the Gulf nation's

Russia, China justify veto as criticisms mount

Moscow/Beijing, Feb 5: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would have only sent an "unbalanced signal" to the feuding parties rather than help resolve

Chinese to be taught across schools in Pakistan

Islamabad, Feb 5: Chinese will now be taught in schools in Pakistan, said a minister. According to Firdous Ashiq Awan, Federal minister for information and broadcasting, arrangements were on its way for introducing Chinese at school level across Pakistan and

NRI houses targeted for gold in UK

London, Feb 5: Burglars armed with metal detectors and intimate knowledge of the purity of gold have been targeting houses belonging to people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, who traditionally preserve gold jewellery in the family for generations. Reports of

India supports AL effort for peaceful end to Syrian crisis

United Nations, Feb 4: Voting in favour of the UNSC resolution that called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, India today said it supported the effort of the Arab League for a peaceful resolution of the 11-month-old Syrian crisis.

Rajapaksa says 'imported solutions' won't work in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Feb 4: With differences over a political solution hampering Sri Lanka's efforts to resolve the Tamil issue, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said participation in a parliamentary panel and not an "imported solution" was the way to heal the ethnic

Pak govt, military heading for fresh confrontation?

Islamabad, Feb 4: Days after the partial easing of their tensions over a mysterious memo, Pakistan's government and army could be engaged in a fresh standoff over the issue of handing over control of all cantonment boards and military lands across

Mathai to hold talks with top White House,State Dept officials

Washington, Feb 4: A host of bilateral and regional issues, including the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Iranian sanctions and Pak-Afghan situation, are expected to figure prominently in talks Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai will have with top US officials during his visit

Ties with India, China not zero-sum game: US

Washington, Feb 4: Seeking strong ties with both India and China, the US has said that its relations with the two Asian giants are not a zero-sum game. "We have a strong bilateral relationship with India. The United States is

Russia pours cold water on Syria text as deaths mount

Damascus, Feb 4: Russia rejected on Friday the latest bid for UN action to end the political crisis in Syria, as at least 25 more people were killed, several in clashes between loyalist and rebel troops.The violence came as thousands of people

4 killed in Egypt's anti-military violence

Cairo, Feb 4: Riot police clashed with anti-military protesters in different parts of Egypt on Friday for the second straight day, leaving at least four people dead and over 1,000 injured in the latest unrest sparked by the worst soccer violence in

Activists say 20 dead in Syria violence

Beirut, Feb 3: Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south today in fresh violence that killed at least 20 people, including nine soldiers, activists said. President Bashar

Egyptians demand end to military rule; 3 killed in violence

Cairo, Feb 3: Egyptian pro-democracy protesters today demanded the ouster of military rulers over the deaths of 74 football fans in the country's worst soccer violence, even as three people were killed and hundreds injured in fresh clashes with the police.As the

Will respect apex court's decisions: Yousaf Raza Gilani

Islamabad/Lahore, Feb 3: Insisting that his government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary, Pakistan Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said he will respect decisions made by the Supreme Court, which is set to charge him with contempt for failing

PPP to contest SC move against Gilani: Report

Islamabad, Feb 3: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's top leadership has decided to contest the Supreme Court's move to frame contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while not seeking any sort of confrontation with the judiciary, according to a media

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