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March 1, 2010 10:59 AM
In Iraq, hundreds of Iraqi Christians have taken part in protests calling for government action after a spate of killings. At least eight Christians have been killed in the past two weeks in the volatile northern city of Mosul. The killings prompted an appeal by Pope Benedict yesterday for Iraqi aut...
March 1, 2010 10:59 AM
Iran's Supreme Leader has criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency and Western countries for saying that his country's nuclear ambitions are not entirely peaceful. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasted the United States and other Western countries branding them hegemonistic powers and vo...
March 1, 2010 10:53 AM
In the Netherlands, hundreds of activists have walked out of a Sunday Mass in protest at the Roman Catholic policy of denying gay people communion. The dispute began during Dutch carnival celebrations earlier in February when the man chosen to be carnival prince in nearby Reusel was refused communio...
March 1, 2010 10:53 AM
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to begin outlining his defence as his genocide trial at The Hague resumes. The trial has been adjourned since November after the tribunal appointed a lawyer to represent Mr. Karadzic. He has been conducting his own defence and boycotted the start of...
March 1, 2010 10:52 AM
More than 50 people have been killed in storms that have lashed parts of Spain, Portugal and France. Official sources say, 45 of the victims died in France, where many drowned or were hit by parts of buildings or falling trees. Winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour caused chaos as they moved from P...
March 1, 2010 10:49 AM
The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet says that the number of people confirmed dead after Chile's earthquake has soared to 708 and is expected to rise further. Previously about 300 people had been reported to have been killed in Saturday's 8.8 magnitude quake, one of the most powerful r...
February 28, 2010 8:45 PM
In China, the death toll from the firework explosion in Guangdong Province has risen to 21 with one more person died of serious injuries today. The exposion occured on Friday evening in Shiqiaotou Village of Puning when a family were setting off firecrackers in front of their house. It is believed t...
February 28, 2010 8:39 PM
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center today lifted its tsunami warning for all Pacific nations.The waning was issued after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile. Shortly after the Saturday mega quake in Chile, some countries, including the United States, Japan and Russia had issued tsunami w...
February 28, 2010 8:28 PM
The Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al Faisal has said that Saudi Arabia will try to accommodate as many as possible Indian Haj pilgrims despite the fact that there is a limit of space due to geographical location at the pilgrimage site.He was speaking to reporters after meeting the Prime ministe...
February 28, 2010 8:25 PM
The death toll in a sectarian clash in northwest Pakistan rose to seven today as some persons succumbed to injuries sustained in the fighting.A total of 35 people were also injured in the clash yesterday in Dera Ismail Khan district between two groups.Members of the two groups scuffled and then exch...
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