Download
Mobile App
Play Audio Morning News
November 23, 2009 9:17 AM
Iraq's Parliament has again failed to resolve a deadlock on a key law that is required before general elections can be held in January. Lawmakers continued negotiations Sunday but failed to make breakthroughs. Parliament's Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Attiya said lawmakers will revisit the iss...
November 23, 2009 9:16 AM
The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission. The scientists involved say they are surprised by the finding, because the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been thought to be stab...
November 23, 2009 9:15 AM
More than 240 people have been rescued from the sea after a heavily-loaded ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia. But at least 29 people died and 17 others are missing after the accident, blamed on bad weather and high waves, officials said.<br/>The numbers suggest the ferry was carrying m...
November 23, 2009 9:14 AM
More than 240 people have been rescued from the sea after a heavily-loaded ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia. But at least 29 people died and 17 others are missing after the accident, blamed on bad weather and high waves, officials said.<br/>The numbers suggest the ferry was carrying m...
November 23, 2009 9:14 AM
Exit polls in Romania's Presidential election suggest that President Traian Basescu is narrowly ahead of his Social Democrat challenger Mircea Geoana. He got 33-34% of the vote, the polls said, well short of the 50% needed to win outright. Social Democrat Mircea Geoana was second with 31-32%.&#...
November 23, 2009 9:12 AM
Iran has begun five days of large-scale air defence exercises aimed at testing its ability to protect the country's nuclear facilities from possible attack. The manouvres are the latest in a series intended to show Iran's ability to counter threats to its nuclear programme.The head of Iran...
November 23, 2009 9:08 AM
A former Iranian vice president sentenced to six years jail over recent election protests has been released on bail of about $ 765,000.Mohammad Ali Abtahi was among scores of opposition figures arrested after the election result in June, which granted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term. He ...
November 22, 2009 9:26 PM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Sri Lankan Government's decision to allow greater freedom of movement to the war displaced Tamil civilians sheltering in makeshift camps in the north of the country. In a message, Mr. Ban encouraged Sri Lankan authorities to prioritize the retur...
November 22, 2009 8:58 PM
The US investigators believe some elements in Pakistan's ISI could be linked to American terror suspect David Headley who is currently in FBI custody for trying to plot attacks in India. The investigators made this assessment on the basis of the arrest of two key persons in Pakistan. PTI quotin...
November 22, 2009 8:02 PM
Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday arrested a top operative of Pakistan-based LeT who is suspect to be a mastermind in the terror plot targeting the Indian High Commission and US embassy in Dhaka. According to official sources, Mohammad Motalem alis Majnu, was arrested from the capital's M...
No posts found.
Privacy Policy | Copyright © 2026 News On Air. All rights reserved
Last Updated: 12th Apr 2026
