North Korea says rocket assembly almost complete ahead of launch
North Korea said the assembly of the satellite and rocket it plans to launch within the next week should be completed Tuesday, setting the stage for a move that has been widely criticized by other nations. The controversial launch will take place sometime between Thursday and Monday, the previously outlined window, Ryu Kun Chol, a senior North Korean More...
U.S. sees warmest March in recorded history, NOAA reports
March 2012 will go down as the warmest March in the United States since record-keeping began in 1895, NOAA said Monday. In addition, the three-month period of January, February and March was the warmest first quarter More...
Grand jury cancellation leaves Zimmerman case in limbo
Sanford, Florida — Now that the grand jury that was scheduled to convene Tuesday in the Trayvon Martin case has been canceled many are wondering when a decision will be made. The special prosecutor assigned More...
Bahrain denies man on hunger strike is critically ill
Bahrain on Tuesday denied reports that a detained activist on a hunger strike has serious medical problems, saying he is taking fluids orally and intravenously. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, 52, was arrested a year ago More...
Deadline passes for Syrian forces to pull out from cities
A deadline for Syrian troops to withdraw from cities came and went Tuesday morning, but opposition activists say the regime’s onslaught rages on. At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in More...
Lanka to complain to international watchdog about India’s nuclear plants
Colombo: Sri Lanka has expressed concern over possible impact of radiation from India’s nuclear power plants located in the southern region, as it prepares to raise the issue with global atomic watchdog, More...
Tatra truck deal: CBI questions three senior officials
New Delhi: Three senior officials of the finance and vigilance wings of defence-run public sector unit Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) were questioned by the CBI today regarding the case of alleged irregularities More...
Over 100 people executed in Syria, says Rights Group
New York: A new report by the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims that Syrian forces have summarily executed more than a hundred people, most of them civilians. Tom Porteous, deputy program More...
Service chiefs to explain defence preparedness to MPs on April 20
New Delhi: The three service chiefs will meet a cross-section of MPs on April 20 to explain their troops’ preparedness. Their appointment with the standing committee on Defence comes weeks after a letter More...
Odisha hostage crisis: Deadline ends today; govt talks tough
Bhubaneswar: With the deadline given by Maoists in Odisha for the release of two hostages, Italian national Paolo Bosusco and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jhina Hikaka set to end today, the state government has toughened More...
