Some leads are there but too early to say which group is behind blast: PM.

Manmohan Singh taking to reporters on board Air India One. The PM said there are some leads to terror attack outside Delhi HC but "it is too early to say which group is behind the incident."ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE: Prime MinisterManmohan Singh said there are some leads to the terror attack outside Delhi high court but "it is too early to say which group is behind the incident. "We have some leads

Kan steps down as Japan's premier

Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:51AM GMTNaoto Kan announces his resignation as president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), effectively ending his tenure as Japanese leader on August 26, 2011. Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan has stepped down amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 quake and tsunami. "I resign as the (party)

One more charged with murder of Pak trio

 Updated at: 0745 PST,  Monday, August 15, 2011 LONDON: Another accused has been charged with the murder of three Pakistani origin Britons, Geo News reported.Twenty-three years old Adam King, hailing from King's Norton would be presented before Birmingham court tomorrow.Adam is the third accused charged with the murder of three Pakistani men in UK riots.Earlier, Joshua Donald, 26 and a

Breach in LBOD widens, more than 100 villages flooded

 Updated at: 0713 PST,  Monday, August 15, 2011 BADIN: The damage caused by breaches in canals and saline nullahs that have flooded a vast area, continues in district Badin, Geo News reported.According to reports, due to overflowing and reverse flow in the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) there is fear of more breaches and more flooding. The breach developed in the biggest saline nullah of

Two US-led troops killed in Afghan war

Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:35PM GMTAt least two US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan as foreign forces continue to experience some of their deadliest days in the war-torn country French military officials said one French soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa Province. Meanwhile, Britain's ministry of Defense said a bomb attack killed one British

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:9AMA bomb attack has killed a US-led foreign soldier in southern Afghanistan as the foreign death toll there in 2011 nears 400. The British soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device on Friday, the defense ministry said in a statement on Sunday, AFP reported. The trooper from 1st Battalion The Rifles died while on a patrol in the Shaparak area of the Nahr-e Saraj

Militants attack Afghan governor house

Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:2AMAt least five blasts have rocked Parwan province in northern Afghanistan as militants have stormed the house of the provincial governor, leaving 19 killed and 37 wounded, authorities say. The incident occurred on Sunday when at least five armed men attacked Parwan provincial governor's office in the provincial capital Charikar city, the governor told local television

8 abducted Afghan security agents killed

Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:51AM GMTMembers of the Afghan national police (file photo)Taliban militants have killed eight Afghan security officials who were kidnapped a day earlier in one of the most dangerous areas in central Afghanistan. The five policemen and three National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents were abducted in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak Province on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Swedish soldier injured in Afghanistan

Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:37AM GMTA Swedish soldier in Afghanistan (file photo)A serviceman with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has sustained injuries after he came under fire by militants in northern Afghanistan. A Swedish soldier was on a routine mission together with Afghan security forces on Saturday morning when they were fired upon north of the village Chimtal,

Ex-Pakistani soldier sentenced to death

Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:43PM GMTSoldiers are taking positions outside the Pakistan army headquarters after it was attacked by armed men. (file photo)A Pakistani military court has sentenced a retired soldier to death for his role in a 2009 militant attack on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. Six others, five of them civilians, were given various sentences, including life, after the court

Roadside bomb kills five Afghan civilians

Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:7PM GMTA scene of bomb blast in an area of Afghanistan (file photo)A powerful bomb blast has killed at least five civilians in Afghanistan's troubled southern Helmand Province, local Afghan authorities say. Provincial officials say roadside bomb went off in Nahri Sarraj district as a minibus was passing by. "At around 10:00 am this morning, a minivan struck a roadside bomb

Pakistan: GHQ attack mastermind Dr Usman sentenced to death

 Updated at: 1338 PST,  Saturday, August 13, 2011 ISLAMABAD: A military court has announced the sentence for seven accused in the GHQ attack Saturday, Geo News reported. The court had initiated the trial of the seven accused including Dr Usman following the attack on GHQ on October 10, 2009.The court sentenced Dr Usman to death while his accomplice former soldier Imran Siddiq was sentenced

Police lockdown in London to prevent new riots

 Updated at: 0647 PST,  Saturday, August 13, 2011 LONDON: Police in London flooded the streets on Friday in a move to prevent a repeat of England's worst riots in decades, which left city neighbourhoods smouldering and five people dead.The number of officers in the British capital was more than doubled to 16,000 earlier this week, and Home Secretary Theresa May said the extra police would

'Myanmar NLD must join reconciliation'

Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:19AM GMTAung San Suu Kyi stands at the Sein Lei Kan Tha State Guest House in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, August 12, 2011.The Myanmar government has announced that the National League for Democracy (NLD) opposition movement should join a reconciliation process in the country. Myanmar's Information Minister Kyaw Hsan said on Friday that the government is offering the NLD

US national abducted in Pakistan

Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:22AM GMTPakistani security officials gather at the compound of the house of a abducted American citizen in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Unidentified men have kidnapped a 63-year-old US national from his residence in Model Town area of Pakistani city of Lahore. Senior Superintendent Police Investigation, Abdul Razaq Cheema, said on Saturday that the American

Monsoon rains kill 21 in Pakistan

Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:33PM GMTHeavy rain triggering flash flooding and landslides have killed at least 21 people in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh, officials say. "At least 21 people died, most of them because of falling roofs during rains on Thursday night," AFP quoted a provincial official as saying. Sources say flooding has also damaged and uprooted electric poles and plunged many

No culture of fear on UK streets: British PM

 LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday promised vigorous and wide-ranging measures to restore order and prevent riots erupting again on Britain's streets, including taking gang-fighting tips from American cities.Cameron told lawmakers there would be no "culture of fear" on Britain's streets, as police raided houses to round up more suspects from four days of rioting and looting

US F-16 pounds Afghan copter shooters

Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:38AM GMTUS soldiers board a military Chinook helicopter in Mehtar Lam in Afghanistan's Laghman province on July 19, 2011.The United States claims a US airstrike has thrashed Afghan attackers suspected of shooting down an American Chinook helicopter carrying 31 US military personnel last Saturday. US Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen said the military in Afghanistan tracked

Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Pakistan

Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:13AM GMTSuspected pro-Taliban militants (file photo)Unknown gunmen have killed at least two policemen and injured three others in the southwestern province of Balochistan in Pakistan. Officials said the incident occurred when the assailants riding on a motorcycle opened fire at a police check post on Samangli road in Quetta city on Wednesday, a Press TV correspondent

Blast kills 5, wounds 21 in Pakistan

Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:8AM GMTA policeman picks up debris at the site of a blast at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, March 5, 2011. (File photo)A bomb attack has killed at least four policemen and a child and wounded 21 others in the city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. The incident occurred on Thursday when a roadside bomb went off as a police van was passing in Gulbahar