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  • North Korea cuts ties with South

    North Korea has severed key communication links with South Korea after vowing to cut all ties with its neighbor in response to the South's tightening of sanctions against Pyongyang over the deadly torpedoing of one of its warships. In a statement early on Wednesday the North shut down communication lines between Red Cross authorities on either side.. More

  • Many killed in Turkey bus crash

    At least 16 Russian tourists have been killed in a bus crash in southern Turkey, according to local government officials. The bus was carrying more than 40 people when it drove into a river around 5am local time. It was traveling from the seaside resort of Alanya to Pamukkale, a town 375km to the northwest. Mehmet Seyman, the deputy governor of Antalya.. More

  • U.S. declares fishery disaster in 3 Gulf states

    The U.S. government has declared a fishery disaster in the seafood-producing states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama due to a BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, making them eligible for federal funds, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Monday. Louisiana's $2.4 billion seafood industry supplies up to 40 percent of U.S. seafood supply and employs.. More

  • Collision off Singapore spills oil

    A tanker and a bulk carrier have collided in Malaysian waters off the coast of Singapore resulting in an oil spill, the island's port authority has said. They said the collision between the two vessels - identified as tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 and the bulk carrier MV Waily - occurred at 06:05am (2200 GMT) on Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries. ".. More

  • Bangkok reopens for business

    Thai financial markets, government offices, and schools have re-opened after a massive clean-up of the capital Bangkok, following the worst political crisis in the country's modern history. Bangkok's metropolitan train services resumed full operations after starting skeleton service over the weekend. Government offices and some schools also re-opened.. More

  • Australia expels Israeli diplomat

    Australia has ordered the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat over the use of fake passports in the assassination of a senior Hamas commander in Dubai in January. Australian investigators say Israel was responsible for forging four Australian passports that were used in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel. "These investigations.. More

  • Afghan Nato base comes under attack

    Fighters have launched a rocket and ground attack on Nato's main military base in southern Afghanistan, days after a similar assault on the coalition's military base in Bagram. Nato officials said the fighters fired a number of rockets and mortars at the Kandahar Air Field on Saturday, wounding an unspecified number of Nato troops. "Kandahar.. More

  • Aid convoy sets off for Gaza

    The biggest attempt by international aid groups to break the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip has gotten underway. Nine ships under the banner, Freedom Flotilla, began their journey to Gaza on Saturday, despite warnings from Israel that they will be stopped for "breaching Israeli law". The vessels are carrying 5,000 tones of reconstruction.. More

  • Deadly blast hits Iraqi province

    At least 30 people have been killed after a minivan packed with explosives blew up at a crowded market in Iraq's troubled northern Diyala province, police and officials said. The attack on Friday also left 80 people wounded near a crowded cafe just steps from the headquarters of a police rapid-response unit in the town of Khalis, about 80km north of.. More

  • Floods imperil Pakistani villages

    In northern Pakistan, an artificial lake formed by a landslide in January is now threatening to burst its banks and inundate more than 39 villages in the regions of Hunza and Gilgit. Officials have evacuated thousands of people this week amid fears a potential burst could affect about 50,000 people downstream and sever a road serving as an important.. More

  • Many dead in Indian plane crash

    At least 158 people are feared dead after an Air India Express passenger jet crashed while landing in the southern Indian city of Mangalore on a flight from Dubai. Mangalore is a coastal city, around 320km west of Bangalore, the main city of Karnataka state. Air India said eight people had been rescued from the Boeing 737-800, which was carrying 166.. More

  • Pakistan blocks YouTube, Facebook over sacrilegious content

    Pakistan has banned the popular video sharing website YouTube indefinitely in a bid to contain sacrilegious material, officials have said. The censorship on Thursday came a day after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ordered internet service providers to block access to the social network site Facebook because of an online competition.. More

  • NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking

    South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War. President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action" for the provocation following the release of long-awaited results from a multinational investigation into the incident... More

  • French cabinet approves veil ban

    The French cabinet has approved a draft law to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public spaces, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July. The bill calls for $185 fines and, in some cases, 'citizenship classes' for women do not 'comply' with the ban. Increasing harassment Some veil wearers in France say they have been increasingly.. More

  • Turkish PM: after Iran deal, focus now Israel nuclear weapons

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "since the issue of Iran has been resolved to some extend, the international community should concentrate its efforts to find a solution to the problems in Israel now." Israel recently has refused UN call for nuclear-free region, saying "it has no plan to review its nuclear policies... More