Iran calls for regional unity, hits out at S. Arabia
2011-04-18 20:56:52
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for unity in the Middle East on Monday, a conciliatory message that contrasted starkly with another senior figure who accused Saudi Arabia of "heresy and deception".
India asks circuses to stop employing kids
2011-04-18 19:33:08
India's top court on Monday ordered circuses to stop employing children and instructed the government to rescue and rehabilitate those currently working in shows.
2 killed in Afghan defense ministry attack
2011-04-18 19:18:35
An insurgent killed two people in the Afghan Defense Ministry on Monday in the third attack on security installations in four days.
12 Iranian engineers abducted in Afghanistan
2011-04-18 18:13:19
Unknown armed men abducted 12 Iranian engineers of a construction company in Farah province on Monday.
Solider opens fire in Afghan ministry, 2 dead
2011-04-18 18:03:11
An Afghan army soldier opened fire in the Defense ministry on Monday, killing two ministry personnel and wounding seven others.
UN chief says to give humanitarian aid in Tripoli
2011-04-18 17:36:36
UN has reached an agreement with the Libyan government to provide humanitarian aid in Tripoli.
NZ to donate $7,900 to quake relief as royal gift
2011-04-18 15:43:34
New Zealand's wedding gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton will be a 10,000 NZ dollars ($7, 900) donation to the Christchurch relief effort.
At least 10 killed in poll violence in Nigeria
2011-04-18 14:54:04
At least 10 people have been killed in different parts of northwest Nigeria's Gombe state after the presidential election.
Japan detects higher radiation levels in nuke plant
2011-04-18 14:11:58
Japan's nuclear safety agency detected elevated levels of radiation inside the buildings housing the No 1 and No 3 reactors.
Global warming to melt all ice in Arctic Ocean
2011-04-18 13:51:37
Global warming will melt all the ice in the Arctic Ocean every summer, raising earth temperatures even further, researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) warned.
Japan sends robots in to stricken nuclear plant
2011-04-18 13:30:10
Nuclear safety officials say the first radiation measurements taken inside two reactor buildings at Japan's crisis-stricken nuclear plant show a harsh environment but not one that will be impossible for humans to work in.
People evacuated as wildfire expands in Texas,US
2011-04-18 13:21:25
Residents were being evacuated from their homes when wildfire burned thousands of acres of land in southwest Texas Sunday.