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April 5, 2010 8:55 AM
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Central Asian leaders to step up efforts to solve the problem of drying up of Aral Sea. Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the sea has shrunk by 90 per cent. The UN Secretary General toured the sea by helicopter as part of a visit to the five ...
April 5, 2010 8:40 AM
Three suicide car bombs have hit the centre of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in quick succession, killing at least 41. The attacks, which injured more than 200 others, appear to have been aimed at foreign embassies. The bombings shatter a period of relative calm after last month's parliamentary...
April 4, 2010 9:37 PM
A South Korean oil tanker with 24 crew members was hijacked today off the coast of Somalia, apparently by pirates. <br/><br/>Seoul's foreign ministry said the 300,000-ton ship, the Samho Dream, was on its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana with a crew of five South K...
April 4, 2010 9:37 PM
A South Korean oil tanker with 24 crew members was hijacked today off the coast of Somalia, apparently by pirates. Seoul's foreign ministry said the 300,000-ton ship, the Samho Dream, was on its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana with a crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos. <...
April 4, 2010 8:22 PM
In Iraq, in a surge of violence, three suicide car bombs rocked Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 168 others. The spokesperson for the Baghdad Operations Command Maj. Gen. Qassem Ata told Voice of Iraq news agency that the blasts were caused by three car bombs driven by suic...
April 4, 2010 7:57 PM
General (retd) Sarath Fonseka, who is now in military custody, is set to face two court martials on 6th of April 2010 after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa issued a fresh convening order by nominating three new senior Army officers to the second Court Martial.<br/><br/>The...
April 4, 2010 7:56 PM
Somali pirates have hijacked a South Korean oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the Marshall Islands-registered 300,000-ton ship, "Samho Dream", was on its way from Iraq to Louisiana of the United States, when it was seized by the pirates...
April 4, 2010 7:06 PM
A Russian spaceship carrying three astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) this morning. The Mission Control Center outside Moscow said the 23rd ISS mission, consisting of two Russian cosmonauts as well as U.S. female astronaut will work at the space station for abo...
April 4, 2010 7:06 PM
In Pakistan, with the deadline set by the Supreme Court ending on Monday, the ruling PPP has said the government has no intention of asking Switzerland to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the judiciary. The Pakistan People's P...
April 4, 2010 7:06 PM
In Iraq, in a surge of violence, three suicide car bombs rocked Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 168 others. The spokesperson for the Baghdad Operations Command Maj. Gen. Qassem Ata told Voice of Iraq news agency that the blasts were caused by three car bombs driven by suic...
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