As of May 15, the China State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters reported that the quake in Sichuan Province took 19,509 lives. The death toll is predicted to reach as high as 50,000.As offi...
The skyrocketing death toll from the earthquake in China has caused global concern.Although large numbers of military personnel has been dispatched for rescue work, without earthquake experts an...
On May 14 arrest of six leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community- Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Mr. Vahid Tizfahm-by Iranian authorities and the continued imprisonment of a seventh
A suicide bomber apparently wearing a burqa blew up in a busy bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan Thursday, killing 16 people, officials said, as eight rebels died elsewhere in the country.
While there have been no riots yet in Afghanistan over spiraling food prices, the economic pain and hunger are hitting the poor and unemployed, aid agency officials are warning.
Democratic-led House rejects more funds to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over majority party's tactics sit out the vote.
The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said.
WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday.
Security forces in the tightly-ruled Belarus Friday evening disbanded demonstrators critical of the government, dpa reported. Dozens of people gathered in a square in the capital Minsk carrying protest signs calling for the release of political prisoners, reported Russian press
At least five Nepalis, including two women, have gone missing from Beirut, where deadly fighting between opposition and pro-government forces erupted last Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least 65 people and wounding more than 200 others, Nepalese media reported
Children are placed in orphanages for different reasons and under different situations. Some are placed there pending recovery of a motherв ™s health or finances. Others are orphans, while a third group find themselves undesirable to their parents. The child
Wasim Pasha has been charged with the rape of a minor girl, at a resort near Nandi Hills on May 5. The complaint was however registered by the girl's mother," Vikas Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Bangalore Rural told. "Wasim, a
A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam felt that the accused Mohan Anna Chavan deserved no mercy as the offence committed by the accused fell under the category of "rarest of rare case", warranting the imposition of capital
Ponnusamy Waytha Moorthy, who has been in London since he fled the country last December, said he has sought asylum in Britain after learning that Kuala Lumpur had cancelled his passport. "Technically, I am now without a state and am
