Sunday, 15 Dec, 2024

International

Six Afghan civilians die in roadside bomb blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan`s southern Kandahar province, an official said, as civilian casualties continued to mount amid an increase in violence by insurgents.Nine civilians were wounded in the blast, which hit

Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after new rocket attack

JERUSALEM - Israeli warplanes on Sunday launched two pre-dawn raids on two tunnels used by smugglers in the southern Gaza Strip, in response to a new rocket attack by Palestinian militants, the army said.A military spokesman said the tunnels targeted were used to smuggle arms into the

Drifting N.Korean mine kills S.Korean

SEOUL: A North Korean mine which drifted along a river into the neighbouring South killed a man and badly injured another when it exploded, military officials said Sunday.Several wooden box mines have been retrieved by South Korean soldiers and police, but it was not immediately clear how

EU gives Pakistan 30 million euros in humanitarian aid

BRUSSELS: The European Commission said Saturday it had given 30 million euros in humanitarian aid to help the most needy in Pakistan, including those hit by flooding that has killed at least 800 people."The European Commission has adopted a 30-million-euro (39-million-dollar) humanitarian

Two decades on from `Desert Storm,` US set to leave Iraq

WASHINGTON: Twenty years ago, Saddam Hussein`s forces invaded Kuwait, setting in motion US military action that is only now coming to a close, as American troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq.The ill-advised move by Saddam triggered a US-led response that quickly pushed his army out of

Colombia denies war launch as Chavez dispatches troops

BOGOTA: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe denied Saturday that he planned to launch a military attack on neighboring Venezuela, denouncing President Hugo Chavez after Caracas ordered troops to the border."Colombia has never thought of attacking the brotherly people of the Bolivarian

Gaza militants fire new rocket on southern Israel

JERUSALEM: A rocket fired by Gaza militants slammed into southern Israel on Saturday night for the second time in less than 36 hours, causing damages but no casualties, the military said."The rocket exploded near the town of Sderot (southern Israel), damaging a university building," an

Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks

RAMALLAH: US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday.Obama made the warning in a letter to Abbas but also pledged to rally Arab,

Iraq death toll in July highest in more than two years

BAGHDAD: July was the deadliest month in Iraq since May 2008 with a total of 535 people killed across the country as a result or violence, according to government figures released on Saturday.A total of 396 civilians, 89 policemen and 50 soldiers died in attacks in July, data compiled by

Pakistan monsoon floods kill 800: minister

PESHAWAR: Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country`s worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.The United Nations said almost a million people had been affected by the flooding, and at least

Pakistan monsoon floods kill 800: minister

PESHAWAR: Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country`s worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.The United Nations said almost a million people had been affected by the flooding, and at least

Flash floods kill at least 65 in Afghanistan: official

KABUL - Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told AFP Saturday.Rescue teams in the northeast of the country are still struggling to reach areas cut off by flooded roads and the threat of

Black box found at Pakistan plane crash site: official

ISLAMABAD, July 31, 2010 (AFP) - Investigators searching the site of an airliner crash near Pakistan`s capital in which 152 people died have found the plane`s black box, a civil aviation official said Saturday."The investigating committee found the black box from the Margalla Hills this

Australian PM Gillard heading for defeat - new poll

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on August 21, a new opinion poll showed Saturday, as government infighting and damaging cabinet leaks threatened to derail her campaign.              Defeat for Gillard, though still

Floods kill 37 in China`s northeast: state media

BEIJING - The death toll from floods sweeping through northeastern China has risen to 37, state media said Saturday, as the country continues to battle the worst floods in a decade.Torrential rains in Jilin province have left a further 35 missing as more than 364,000 people were evacuated

Venezuela sends troops to Colombian border: Chavez

CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela has deployed military units and troops to the Colombian border, because outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of anything," as a row escalates between the two.Chavez broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia on July 22,

Indian Kashmir under curfew after deaths

SRINAGAR - Thousands of security forces enforced a curfew in the major towns of Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, a day after three protesters were shot dead.The three were killed on Friday in two separate incidents when security forces opened fire to contain angry anti-India

Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after rocket attack

GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at several targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one person and wounding eight people, witnesses and medics said after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli city.A 22-year-old Hamas militant was killed in an airstrike on a

Three Kenyans face 76 murder counts in Kampala attacks

KAMPALA: A Ugandan court on Friday charged three Kenyans with 76 counts of murder, the first such cases opened against suspects in the July 11 suicide attacks in Kampala.Hussein Hassan Agad, Mohamed Adan Abdow and Idris Magondu were charged before a Kampala magistrate`s court, but did not

Al-Qaeda calls for revenge over death of moneyman

WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda is calling for its fighters to avenge the death of the group`s number three leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, killed by US forces in May, the SITE monitoring group said Friday.In a video posted to Jihadi websites, Abu Yahya al-Libi, a member of the extremist group`s