UN says climate talks will miss Kyoto deadline
2011-06-06 22:33:00
UN talks have run out of time to meet a December 2012 deadline to put in place a binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the UN's top climate official said on Monday.
NATO jets target Libyan state broadcaster
2011-06-06 22:04:03
NATO-led warplanes hit offices of the Libyan state broadcaster in Tripoli on Monday, providing a major boost to Libyan rebel forces, a Xinhua correspondent said.
Iran's army ready to counter cyber attacks: commander
2011-06-06 21:26:22
Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said Monday that Iran's Army is prepared to increase its presence in "cyber space to counter any cyber attack," the English language satellite Press TV reported.
Ukraine, NATO launch Sea Breeze 2011 military exercises
2011-06-06 20:36:38
Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday launched the Sea Breeze 2011 military exercises in South Ukraine's Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
Five US troops killed in central Iraq-US military
2011-06-06 19:56:11
Five US service members were killed on Monday in central Iraq, the US military said, in one of the worst single tolls for American troops in the country this year.
Bottle of Champagne sells for world record $43,630
2011-06-06 19:55:24
A bottle of Veuve Clicquot salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea set a world record for Champagne on Friday when it sold for 30,000 euros ($43,630) at an auction in Aland, Finland.
Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty to sex charges
2011-06-06 19:32:39
Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty on Monday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency.
Japanese retirees ready to risk Fukushima front line
2011-06-06 18:05:20
"I will be dead before cancer gets me," said Yamada, who has organized an unlikely band of more than 270 retirees and older workers eager to work for nothing but the sense of service at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Libyan woman who claimed rape leaves for US
2011-06-06 16:57:58
A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday.
Ex-IMF chief due to answer charges in NYC sex case
2011-06-06 16:00:39
Prosecutors have said their evidence against the former International Monetary Fund leader charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid was growing by the day. Defense lawyers, meanwhile, have said they had information that would seriously hurt her credibility.
Syria says 23 killed in Sunday's Golan protest
2011-06-06 15:30:43
Syria said 23 people were killed in Sunday's protest near the Golan Heights, when Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators who marched to the frontier fence.
US drone strikes kill 14 in NW Pakistan
2011-06-06 13:21:50
The United States pilotless aircraft fired several missiles into Pakistani South Waziristan tribal region early Monday morning killing at least 14 persons, security sources said.