Ahmadinejad says ready for ‘face-to-face’ talks with Obama
TEHRAN: Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready for "face-to-face" talks with his US counterpart Barack Obama on issues concerning the international community. "We are hopefully…
Kenya to vote on new constitution
NAIROBI: Kenyans will vote Wednesday on a proposed constitution that would rein in the president's powers and address some of the injustices that fuelled deadly violence the last time voters…
Suicide car bomb kills 5 kids in south Afghanistan
KANDAHAR: A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing five children nearby, officials said. The blast…
Somali pirates hijack cargo ship with 23 crew including Egyptians
NAIROBI, Kenya: Somali pirates hijacked a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew onboard during an early morning raid Monday, the European Union Naval Force said. The crew onboard the 17,300-ton…
Peres, Mubarak discuss direct Israeli-Palestinian talks
CAIRO: Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak discussed on Sunday efforts to relaunch direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the Egyptian presidency said. The two…
Sex sells at China computer game show
At the door to a major computer game expo in Shanghai, visitors are greeted by columns of Chinese girls in white boots and miniskirts, the name of a computer parts…
Pakistani president arrives in France
PARIS: Pakistan's President Ali Asif Zardari was in Paris on Monday at the start of a difficult week-long trip to France and Britain overshadowed by British allegations of terror sponsorship.…
Paris negotiated to free French Sahara hostage
DUBAI: The head of an Al-Qaeda-linked gang in the Sahara desert said he held negotiations with Paris about freeing a kidnapped Frenchman before the hostage was killed, in an Internet…
Gunmen blow up policeman’s house in Iraq, 3 killed
BAGHDAD: Officials say gunmen have blown up the house of a policeman in the former al-Qaeda stronghold of Fallujah west of Baghdad, killing him, his wife and 4-year-old daughter. The…
Jailed Iran protesters on hunger strike
TEHRAN: A group of 17 Iranian political prisoners, including journalists and student activists, have been on hunger strike for a week demanding better treatment, opposition websites reported on Monday. "So…