Pyongyang, Apr 13: North Korea today launched a long-range rocket that appears to have disintegrated soon after blastoff and fallen into the ocean, South Korean and Japanese authorities said.

Pyongyang: Fighter jets roared through the skies over downtown Pyongyang on Thursday as the world watched to see whether North Korea would defy international warnings and launch a long-range rocket over the Yellow Sea.

Beirut: Syria promised to comply with a UN-brokered cease-fire beginning on Thursday but carved out an important condition - that the regime still has a right to defend itself against the terrorists that it says are behind the country's year-old uprising.

Seoul: Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials.

Washington: Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the US media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism.

London: British scientists claim they are developing a unique device which can turn used toilet waste into drinking water.

Lahore, April 10 : A nonchalant Mohammed Hafiz Saeed,  chief mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks and chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (formerly Lashkar-e-toiba) on Monday lashed out at Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari at a public rally .

Beirut: Syria on Sunday demanded written guarantees insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a UN peace plan, and a rebel leader said the initiative was doomed.

Beijing, Apr 9: The Chinese official media has welcomed  Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India saying better ties between the "two nuclear- armed heavyweight neighbors" will bring about regional stability.

Islamabad: Racing against time, Pakistani troops, aided by sniffer dogs and mechanical equipment, today frantically searched for 135 people, mostly soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow after a massive avalanche slammed into a key army camp in the Siachen sector near Indian border.