SEOUL: South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the US deployment of radar-evading fighter planes.
SEOUL: South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the US deployment of radar-evading fighter planes.
ISLAMABAD: Two women from Pakistan's restive northwest have made history by becoming the first tribal women to file nomination papers for the May 11 parliamentary polls.
ISLAMABAD: Two women from Pakistan's restive northwest have made history by becoming the first tribal women to file nomination papers for the May 11 parliamentary polls.
DHAKA: Amid nationwide violence in Bangladesh over 1971 war crimes trial of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, the country's human rights body has criticized the government for inadequate steps to protect Hindus from recent attacks as the minority community demanded more security.
DHAKA: Amid nationwide violence in Bangladesh over 1971 war crimes trial of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, the country's human rights body has criticized the government for inadequate steps to protect Hindus from recent attacks as the minority community demanded more security.
: A 52-year-old businessman in Siberia dug a 60-metre-long tunnel and siphoned off some 30 tonnes of crude oil from a pipeline, police said.
The man dug the tunnel in the oil-rich Novosibirsk region to reach the Omsk-Irkutsk pipeline, which belongs to Transsibneft, a subsidiary of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft.
Moscow
: A 52-year-old businessman in Siberia dug a 60-metre-long tunnel and siphoned off some 30 tonnes of crude oil from a pipeline, police said.
The man dug the tunnel in the oil-rich Novosibirsk region to reach the Omsk-Irkutsk pipeline, which belongs to Transsibneft, a subsidiary of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft.
London: The 31-year-old British woman who jumped off a hotel balcony in Agra to escape an alleged sexual assault has vowed to return to India to give evidence against her attackers but said she will "never" travel alone again. The dental hygienist from Greenwich was speaking of her ordeal for the first time since her return to Britain after she cut-short her back-packing tour of Asia.
London: The 31-year-old British woman who jumped off a hotel balcony in Agra to escape an alleged sexual assault has vowed to return to India to give evidence against her attackers but said she will "never" travel alone again. The dental hygienist from Greenwich was speaking of her ordeal for the first time since her return to Britain after she cut-short her back-packing tour of Asia.
Imphal: A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as a reinforcement to fight the Al Qaeda.
Imphal: A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as a reinforcement to fight the Al Qaeda.
Nicosia: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades embarked on last-minute crisis talks with international lenders on Sunday in an attempt to save the Mediterranean island from financial meltdown.
With Cyprus facing a Monday deadline to avert a collapse of its banking system and potential exit from the euro, late night negotiations in Nicosia to seal a bailout from the EU and International Monetary Fund broke up without result.
Anastasiades then headed to Brussels in a private jet sent by the European Commission to hold talks with EU, European Central Bank and IMF leaders ahead of a crunch meeting of euro zone finance ministers at 6 pm (1700 GMT)
Nicosia: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades embarked on last-minute crisis talks with international lenders on Sunday in an attempt to save the Mediterranean island from financial meltdown.
With Cyprus facing a Monday deadline to avert a collapse of its banking system and potential exit from the euro, late night negotiations in Nicosia to seal a bailout from the EU and International Monetary Fund broke up without result.
Anastasiades then headed to Brussels in a private jet sent by the European Commission to hold talks with EU, European Central Bank and IMF leaders ahead of a crunch meeting of euro zone finance ministers at 6 pm (1700 GMT)
New Delhi: The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has rejected the demand of the Italian government of trying two of its marines in Rome, saying the duo should be tried under Indian law. "Italians can say whatever they want. Facts don't change. Italians killed two Indians in Indian waters. They should be tried in India under Indian law," BJP leader Balbir Punj said.
New Delhi: The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has rejected the demand of the Italian government of trying two of its marines in Rome, saying the duo should be tried under Indian law. "Italians can say whatever they want. Facts don't change. Italians killed two Indians in Indian waters. They should be tried in India under Indian law," BJP leader Balbir Punj said.
Vatican City: Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment.
Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called "the spiritual poverty of our times" by re-forging links with God.
"How many poor people there still are in the world! And what great suffering they have to endure!" he told the diplomats in the Vatican's frescoed Sala Regia.
Vatican City: Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment.
Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called "the spiritual poverty of our times" by re-forging links with God.
"How many poor people there still are in the world! And what great suffering they have to endure!" he told the diplomats in the Vatican's frescoed Sala Regia.
Nicosia: Cyprus is expected to make a dramatic U-turn on Saturday to avert the imminent threat of financial meltdown, having signalled it is willing to tax big savers in its stricken banks to clinch a bailout from the European Union.
The island's partners in the 17-nation euro zone scheduled a meeting for Sunday in Brussels, in a strong sign they believe a solution is near.
As hundreds of demonstrators faced off with riot police outside parliament late into Friday night, lawmakers inside voted to nationalise pension funds, pool state assets for a bond issue and peel good assets from bad in stricken banks.
Nicosia: Cyprus is expected to make a dramatic U-turn on Saturday to avert the imminent threat of financial meltdown, having signalled it is willing to tax big savers in its stricken banks to clinch a bailout from the European Union.
The island's partners in the 17-nation euro zone scheduled a meeting for Sunday in Brussels, in a strong sign they believe a solution is near.
As hundreds of demonstrators faced off with riot police outside parliament late into Friday night, lawmakers inside voted to nationalise pension funds, pool state assets for a bond issue and peel good assets from bad in stricken banks.
