 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in AfghanistanUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on... | |
 Suspicious package at US airport leads to arrestMiami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked... |
 Soldiers and criminals die in Mexican shootout25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of... |
 Cordial relations shown at Mideast peace talksIsraeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace... |
 10 election campaign workers killed in precision airstrikeAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a... |
 No cash coming in for Afghan TalibanA US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US... |
 Muslims asked for 2.5 per cent of wages for Pakistan floodsThe relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid... |
 Hawking says God did not create universeA new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of... |
 Canadian Arctic waters trap fuel tankerA fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far... |
| Blair does not rule out return to UK politics Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that he is willing to take up another post, saying that he is a public service... |
| Platini says England could lose WC 2018 bid to less wealthy nations UEFA president and former French football star Michel Platini has warned England that its bid for hosting the 2018 World Cup could go up in smoke, given FIFA's habit of choosing less wealthy nations as... |
| Take appropriate action against players guilty of fixing: Tendulkar Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who joined the Indian Air Force as a Group Captain, said on Friday that the International Cricket Council should thoroughly investigate the match fixing scandal involving three Pakistani players and take action against the... |
| US-Muslim soldier wants to quit over mismatch between his God and war in Afghanistan A Muslim soldier, Naser Abdo, from Texas who joined the U.S. Army last year, has said that he wants to leave the military, claiming he is a conscientious objector because Islam is a peaceful religion and his God does "not give legitimacy to the war" in Afghanistan, Iraq or... |
| Brown promises aggressive dose of Jamaican flair against Murray in US Open clash Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash... |
| Pak's "powerful and rich" diverted flood waters to protect their lands Pakistan's "powerful and the rich" diverted floodwaters to unprotected areas in a bid to save their land, a representative of the country to the UN has... |
| Pak envoy to UK launches diatribe against ICC suspension of 'tainted' players Pakistan's Ambassador to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has slammed the International Cricket Council for suspending the three players accused of 'spot-fixing' in the Lord's Test against... |
| Pak rookie Shahzaib Hasan looking to establish himself in international cricket Pakistan batsman Shahzaib Hasan, who scored a century in the tour match against Somerset, has expressed hope that he would be given an opportunity to establish himself as a regular opener in the national... |
| Pakistan envoy attacks ICC for suspending trio Pakistan's High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan Friday attacked International Cricket Council (ICC) for suspending three Pakistani players even while the police investigation was going on in the spot-fixing... |
| Californian angler becomes world's 1st to catch 1,000 different species of fish! A Californian angler has become the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of... |
| Becks celebrates son's b'day at laser shooting gallery Footie superstar David Beckham celebrated his son Romeo's eighth birthday at the futuristic world of lasers and mazes in Los... |
| Fabio Capello flummoxed by 'God and monster' conundrum following WC debacle England manager Fabio Capello has admitted that before the World Cup in South Africa, he was seen as a God, but following his team's disastrous performance in the tournament, he is now being regarded a... |
| Double hand transplant patient shows he can move fingers In a first appearance after the operation, the recipient of a rare double hand transplant has shown the world that he can curl his fingers and make half a... |
| 15-year-old is youngest Cambridge student in over 200 years A 15-year-old Briton has become the youngest student to gain a place at Cambridge University for over two centuries. He has enrolled for a course that is considered one of the toughest in the world and former scholars include Isaac... |
| ICC charges three Pakistan players under Anti-Corruption Code The International Cricket Council has charged three Pakistan players with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel relating to alleged irregular behavior during, and in relation to, the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's last... |
| ICRC claims Pak flood victims' resentment hurting aid effort The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that flood victims in Pakistan are "resentful about not getting enough aid" and this may hamper the aid... |
| UN claims aid for flood-hit Pak has come to standstill The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has claimed that worldwide response to the flood disaster in Pakistan has almost come to a... |
| Canadian, Indian experts join hands to tackle Haemophilia The Bleeding Disorders Program in Winnipeg, Canada and the Haemophilia Society (Delhi) are jointly organising an International Symposium on haemophilia on September 4 and 5 at the LPS Auditorium, PHD House, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, New... |
| Canadian senators to visit India Nine members of Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade will be visiting Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad from September 4 to... |
| Tony Blair opens up about 'passionate' French love affair Former British PM Tony Blair has revealed how he had a passionate affair with a woman in France when he was... |
| Fragile but happy beginning for Mideast peace talks The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media... |
 No oil spill yet in new Gulf explosionAnother Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into... |
| Three tainted Pakistani cricketers suspended by ICC The three Pakistani cricketers, who are at the centre of an alleged betting scam, were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday night after being charged under the anti-corruption... |
| 1.3 mn Haitians still in camps months after quake: UN Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated... |
| IMF offers $450 mn flood aid to Pakistan The International Monetary Fund Thursday pledged $450 million in emergency loans to Pakistan to help the country cope with a massive flood... |
| Four killed in Iraq attacks Four people were killed and one injured in Iraq Thursday by unknown gunmen and a roadside bomb, while an army base came under rocket attack... |
 Stones injure family-car-passenger in West BankA twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the... |
 Major casualties as suicide bombers hit Lahore Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month... |
 Peace will come if settlements stop says AbbasPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by... |
 Police in Mexico looking for kidnapped migrantsMexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north... |
 Michael Douglas’s wife angered by slow cancer diagnosisCatherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the... |
 Controversial euthanasia method used on whaleAuthorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live... |
| Iberian World Cup bid gets thumbs-up by FIFA The two countries have entered a joint bid to stage the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, for which FIFA are currently undertaking their inspection programme. The FIFA inspection delegation head... |
| USA Women Win Gold At FINA Water Polo World Cup With 6-3 Defeat Of Australia CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, August 22. FOR the first time since 1979 the USA Women's National Team has won Gold at the FINA World Cup following a 6-3 defeat of Australia earlier today at the QEII... |
| Readers Respond to Criticism of Obama: 'Remaking the US into Europe Would Be a Disaster' dpa Peas in a pod? US President Barack Obama with (from left) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French... |
| MIDDLE EAST – UNITED STATES Talks continue, next round on 14 September The right words build confidence, but positions do not budge. Ahmadinejad expects failure, whilst extremists prepare coordinated attacks against Israel. For Arabs, peace between Israelis and... |
| Gulf Keystone Spuds Appraisal Well in Iraq Gulf Keystone announced the commencement of drilling operations on its Shaikan-3 appraisal well, effective September 2, 2010. This is a shallow appraisal well, very close to the Shaikan-1 well, the... |
| Letters to the International Herald Tribune: Pakistan and China The opinion article “China’s discreet hold on Pakistan’s northern borderlands” by Selig Harrison (Views, Aug. 27) discusses the development activities of the Peoples... |
| Iran's president says Israel 'can be removed from the world' Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity... |
| World Trade Center I-beam arrives in Rocky Point jennifer.barrios@newsday.com A U.S. Army truck pulled into the driveway of the Rocky Point Fire Department's Shoreham station Thursday, carrying cargo that tore at the hearts of the firefighters,... |
| Experts see trouble ahead for developed world Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, arrives for the "Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy" economic forum, at Villa d'Este, in Cernobbio, on Lake Como, Italy, Friday, Sept. 3,... |
