4 days ago
Policeman praised for shooting killer bear
Moscow, May 14 - A police officer in Russia's Irkutsk region who shot dead a bear that had killed a man will be recognised for his act, either with an official citation or a bonus, an interior ministry representative said.Last week, a brown bear attacked two men in a forest, killing one. The other was able to run away and raise the alarm.Police officer Sergei Kazantsev, a forest ranger and a hunti ... read more

7 days ago
Man held for fake train bomb threat in Russia
Moscow, May 11 - A man suspected of making a false bomb threat call to police, because he was afraid to miss a train bound for south Russia from Moscow, has been arrested, the interior ministry said.The suspect is a resident of southern Volgograd region. He was born in 1987, the ministry's transport department said.As a result of the hoax, the train bound for Novorossiisk city, was stopped at Domo ... read more

Islamabad | 7 days ago
Pakistanis vote despite Taliban, blasts
Islamabad, May 11 - Unfazed by Taliban threats and bombings, millions of Pakistanis Saturday voted in parliamentary elections that will mark a democratic transition from one elected government to another.The balloting will also simultaneously elect new provincial assemblies.The violent run-up to the elections left at least 100 people, including three candidates, dead in a series of terror attacks ... read more

Islamabad | 7 days ago
Pakistanis brave terror threat, turn up to vote
Islamabad, May 11 - Pakistanis braved Taliban threats to turn up at polling stations Saturday to decide the fate of 23,000 candidates, marking a democratic transition from one elected civilian government to another.The violent run-up to the elections left at least 100 people, including three candidates, dead in a series of terror attacks and also saw the abduction of former prime minister Yousuf R ... read more

Washington | 7 days ago
Pakistan expels NYT scribe on election eve
Washington, May 11 - Pakistan has expelled the Islamabad bureau chief for The New York Times on the eve of national elections, according to the influential US daily.The Times has strongly protested the orders of Pakistan's Interior Ministry and is seeking his reinstatement of Declan Walsh, 39, a veteran correspondent who has lived and worked in Pakistan for nine years, most of it for The Guardian ... read more

11 days ago
Seven extremists held in Russia
Moscow, May 7 - Seven members of an undisclosed extremist organisation have been detained and explosives confiscated from them in Russia's southern Astrakhan region, officials said.According to a statement posted on the website of the Investigative Committee's Astrakhan region department, officers detained 29-year-old Takhir Dzhaksibekov and six other unnamed men.The committee said they were activ ... read more

Cairo | 12 days ago
Egyptian PM survives attack on his motorcade
Cairo, May 6 - Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil survived an attack on his motorcade by a group of armed men late Sunday, an interior ministry statement said.A vehicle intruded into the prime minister's motorcade and when the security guards tried to push it away, one of its passengers opened fire at the security vehicle, Xinhua quoted the statement as saying. While running away, the vehicle h ... read more

Bishkek | 15 days ago
US refuelling plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, May 4 - A US military Boeing KC-135 refuelling aircraft crashed in a mountainous area in Kyrgyzstan for unspecified reasons, the US Air Force said. The fate of the crew remained unclear.A US Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft crashed today - in northern Kyrgyzstan, the US Air Force's 376th Air Expeditionary Wing based in the country said.The Boeing KC-135, also known as the Stratotanker, cr ... read more

Islamabad | 15 days ago
Pakistani PM promises smooth transition after May 11 elections
Islamabad, May 3 - Pakistan's interim Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Friday announced that he would transfer the reins of the government to the elected representative on completion of the May 11 parliamentary elections.We will not accept extension in the tenure of the caretaker government at any cost and under no circumstances, he told the nation in a televised address, reported Xinhua.Khoso ... read more

Tehran | 16 days ago
Iran condemns Damascus bombing
Tehran, May 2 - Iranian government has strongly condemned the latest bomb attack in Syria's capital city of Damascus, Xinhua reported.At least 14 people were killed and over 70 injured when a car bomb went off Tuesday near the old headquarters of Syria's interior ministry.The incident once again unveiled the real image of the terrorists in Syria for the people of that country and the world, said ... read more