A Taiwanese court ordered former President Chen Shui-bian held on corruption charges Wednesday, an ignominious decision for a man who won acclaim for standing up to China with pro-independence policies.
The ruling came at the end of a marathon 21-hour court hearing that began with lengthy interrogation Tuesday but was interrupted by a trip to the [...]
India and the US are all set to seal their civil nuclear deal, bringing into reality the landmark accord envisioned by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush over three years ago.
With India’s concerns over the deal met, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee flew in Friday morning to sign the bilateral 123 pact [...]
D.B. Cooper, the notorious hijacker who parachuted from a Boeing 727 in 1971 with 200,000 dollars in cash and vanished without a trace, has ties to the family of Abraham Lincoln, according to a new book.
Charles Lachman, executive producer of “Inside Edition”, claims in The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American [...]
Indian inflation held steady above 12 percent in mid-September, and economists said volatile crude oil prices and the chance of a spike in some food costs would force the central bank to keep policy tight.
The wholesale price index, India’s most widely watched price measure, rose 12.14 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 13, [...]
The recent US’ raids inside Pakistani territory aimed at eliminating suspected terrorists but killed innocent civilians in the action, led to Saturday’s hotel blast in Islamabad killing 60 people, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan, has said.”We hope the US will change policy because this is what is needed,” The Independent quoted Hassan [...]
Cops were forced to use a Taser after a nude man walking his dog refused to abide by an officer’s orders.David McCranie of the Tallahassee Police Department in Florida said that an officer on patrol spotted the man shortly after 8pm on September 12.
When asked what he was doing, the man told the officer, “Allah [...]
Iraq’s parliamentary speaker has summoned the heads of political parties to a meeting on Wednesday to try to speed up passage of a stalled provincial elections law, officials said on Tuesday.The officials, speaking after parliament reconvened following a month-long recess, said Mahmoud al-Mashhadani wanted to break a deadlock over the law so the polls could [...]
Some of the beggars detained during a crackdown on begging in the emirate of Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates (UAE) were found to be staying at five-star hotels, WAM news agency reported Sunday.The Abu Dhabi police have stepped up the campaign against begging since the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
‘There are [...]
After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, supported by some members of Parliament, says killing Canadian black bears to make the headgear is cruel. PETA says [...]
The first European Union (EU) meeting on how to deal with a different and more assertive Russia ended here Monday with patches of strong language in a statement condemning Moscow’s blitz into Georgia and Russia’s subsequent recognition of the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
“With the crisis in Georgia, relations between the EU and Russia [...]