NASHVILLE, Tennessee, 7 February 2008 — Dozens of tornadoes sliced across southern US states ripping apart homes and shopping malls, killing at least 52 people and injuring hundreds more, officials... Full Story
ISLAMABAD, 7 February 2008 — A Pakistani Army helicopter crashed yesterday in the country’s northwest, killing three generals and five other soldiers. The aircraft went down in South
N’DJAMENA, 7 February 2008 — Chad’s government is in total control of the country after beating off a rebel offensive, President Idriss Deby said yesterday. Making his first
WASHINGTON, 7 February 2008 — The marathon White House race yesterday headed to new battlegrounds, with Hillary Clinton’s Democratic duel with Barack Obama wide open, and Republican John
KUWAIT CITY, 7 February 2008 — A Kuwaiti lawmaker attempting to reverse his country’s 12-year-old ban on coeducation received a telephone death threat, his secretary confirmed yesterday. Deputy
ISTANBUL, 7 February 2008 — Members of a pro-Kurdish political party set up camp near the Iraq border to protest Turkish military raids on Kurdish rebels based on the other side. Separately,
GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, 7 February 2008 — Israel warplanes continued to bombard the Gaza Strip yesterday. Three separate air raids were carried overnight and early yesterday, resulting in the injuring
DIWANIYAH, Iraq, 7 February 2008 — A powerful roadside bomb aimed at a US military convoy in a central Iraq city yesterday instead ripped through two civilian cars, killing four people and wounding
TEHRAN, 7 February 2008 — Iran’s disgruntled reformists have drastically scaled down their expectations for parliamentary elections next month after the authorities disqualified half their
LONDON, 7 February 2008 — NATO is facing a “real test” in Afghanistan but progress is being made to tackle the Taleban insurgency, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on a
NEW YORK, 7 February 2008 — The biggest-ever Super Tuesday presidential primary contest in American history caused extraordinary voter interest, but apparently no major problems. Precincts
DHAKA, 7 February 2008 — Detained former Bangladeshi Premier Hasina Wajed scored a victory against the army-backed government yesterday with a court ruling that she could not be tried for corruption
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, 7 February 2008 — Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead an ethnic Pashtun politician in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi yesterday, raising tensions ahead of elections
MUMBAI, 7 February 2008 — In a serious blow to Raj Thackeray, 350 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers, including 50 women, rejoined Shiv Sena yesterday. The 350 MNS workers led by Avinash
NEW DELHI, 7 February 2008 — Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said his visit would strengthen relations, including business ties, with India. Speaking after a reception at the
NEW DELHI, 7 February 2008 — India’s main Hindu nationalist opposition party has postponed about a dozen rallies over the next two months after the government warned of possible security
