Indian court not pleased over telecom scam probe

2011-05-05 18:38:15

India's highest judiciary, the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure over the pace of probe into tax evasion cases related to the multi-billion-dollar telecom scam Thursday.

Clinton: 'No idea' about timing of iconic photo

2011-05-05 18:36:36

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday she has "no idea" what she and the rest of President Barack Obama's national security team were watching at the precise moment that a photographer snapped what has become an iconic image of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Tunisia urges more vigilance on border with Libya

2011-05-05 18:34:21

Tunisia's defense minister Abdelkrim Zebidi called on the army for increased vigilance in securing the country's southern border with Libya, TAP news agency reported on Thursday.

25 killed, 75 wounded in Iraq suicide car bombing

2011-05-05 17:37:51

A suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi police station south of Baghdad on Thursday have killed 25 and wounded another 75, a local police source told Xinhua.

Syrian Army pulls out Daraa city

2011-05-05 16:28:03

Syrian army units have begun a "gradual withdrawal" from Deraa, an official military source was quoted as saying on state news agency SANA on Thursday.

Two mid-level al Qaeda leaders killed in Yemen

2011-05-05 16:19:02

Two mid-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in Yemen on Thursday in a remote province where al Qaeda is active, the news service of the Yemeni defence ministry said.

Suicide car bomber in Iraq kills 15

2011-05-05 14:43:52

A car bomb explosion killed at least 15 people and wounded 25 on Thursday in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Hilla, medical and police sources said.

11-year-old shoots classmate in India

2011-05-05 14:35:19

Police say an 11-year-old boy in northern India has shot and critically injured a classmate who bullied him.

Syrian troops storm Damascus suburb

2011-05-05 14:30:44

Hundreds of Syrian soldiers in combat gear broke into houses and made arrests overnight in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, scene of a mass demonstration against the president last week.