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Egypt’s senior military commanders hold emergency talk

CAIRO: Senior military commanders in Egypt have held emergency talks on Wednesday after President Mohamed Morsi rejected their 48-hour ultimatum to resolve the current...

Egypt’s Morsi says he won’t step down

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has said that he will not step down and has accused remnants of the previous regime of being behind...

22 killed as earthquake hits Indonesia’s Aceh province

LAMPAHAN: At least 22 people have so far been killed and over 200 were injured from a strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indonesian...

ISAF Commander calls on Pakistan’s Army chief

RAWALPINDI: Commander International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), General Joseph E. Dunford, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in GHQ...

At least 35 people killed in bomb blasts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: At least 35 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in a series of bombings that ripped through markets across the...

Egypt’s army to suspend constitution, dissolve parliament if no agreement reached by Wednesday: sources

CAIRO: Egypt's armed forces would suspend the constitution and dissolve the Islamist-dominated parliament under a draft political roadmap to be pursued if Islamist President...

I remain free to publish information that serves public interest; says Snowden

MOSCOW: Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has said that he remains free to publish more information about the US government’s spying...

Australia’s first ever Muslim minister racially abused for taking oath on Quran

CANBERRA: Ed Husic, who became Australia's first ever Muslim minister on Monday, has been flooded with online racial abuse for taking oath of office...

India turns down Edward Snowden’s request for asylum

NEW DELHI: India has rejected former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden's request for political asylum, an official said on Tuesday. Syed Akbaruddin, the...

Sartaz Aziz meets Kerry in Brunei

BRUNEI: Special adviser to the Prime Minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz held a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the...

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