U.S., rebels urge gloomy Moscow to help oust Assad
Report by Oliver Holmes, BEIRUT | Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:14pm EST (Reuters) – Syria’s rebel leadership and the United States seized on Russian pessimism over President Bashar al-Assad’s future to More...
Pakistan lawmakers elect former minister Ashraf as PM
(Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament elected former water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as the new prime minister on Friday after the incumbent was disqualified by the Supreme Court. Pakistan’s More...
33 years jail sentence for helping CIA track Osama Bin Laden
Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi was convicted of high treason by a four-member tribal court in the semi autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD – The United States has threatened More...
Did former Chinese police chief made a failed attempt of obtaining asylum in United States?
Wang Lijun, who became well-known for a crackdown on organised crime in Chongqing. Photograph: AP Beijing, CHINA – Speculation has been rife, and more so among the ones in Chinese social media, of a well-known More...
At least two reported dead amid growing unrest in Tibet
Beijing (China) – Two Tibetans were killed and several wounded when a mob attacked Chinese security forces in Seda county in Sichuan province, which borders Tibet. A mob attacked a police station in Seda and More...
Syrian truck blast kills police as well as prisoners
In the latest violence in Syria, more than a dozen people were killed Saturday when a bus carrying prisoners in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib exploded, activist reports and government-controlled media More...
Hillary wants India, China to act against Syria
US Secretary of State – Hilary Clinton Report by S Rajagopalan | Washington – The United States has urged India and China, both having large investments in Syria’s energy sector, to join in the More...
