IAE chief rejects increased sanction on Iran

Six powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer

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Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider. But the officials, from Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and China, stopped short of specific...More

IAEA chief rejects sanction on Iran, saying they would make Tehran more hawkish

IAEA chief rejects sanction on Iran, saying they would make Tehran more hawkish

US drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan’s Waziristan

Suicide bomber kills 13 in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed 13 people, including three senior officials in Afghanistan’s southwest region; meanwhile, a suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 Taliban militants in the neighboring Pakistan. In Afghanistan 35 people were also wounded in the attack in Farah City, capital of the Farah Province, said Police Chief Faqir...More

Three senior afghan police officials were killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack (File)

Pandemic flu vaccine as safe as seasonal flu vaccine: WHO

WHO says deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines

The World Health Organization said Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines. "Although some investigations are still ongoing, results of completed investigations reported to WHO have ruled out that the pandemic...More

WHO is planning to start delivering vaccines at the end of November to poorer countries (File)

Inauguration follows election marred by fraud

Karzai sworn in for 2nd term as Afghan president

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) with his two vice presidents Mohammad Qasim Fahim (L) and Karim Khalili (R) are sworn in to their respective posts

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption and reaching out to his political rivals under Western...More

Taliban vow more attacks on Pakistani govt buildings

Bomb kills at least 16 at Pakistan court

Pakistani police officials examine the site of the suicide bomb blast in Peshawar

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of...More

Iran rejects talk of sanctions over nuclear fuel deal

US, partners working on ‘consequences’ for Iran

West gears up for new Iran sanctions and Tehran dismisses move as futile

President Barack Obama on Thursday said the United States and its partners were now discussing "consequences" in the form of toughened sanctions on...More

President urges calm over terrorists' trial in New York

Closure of Guantanamo prison delayed: Obama

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can be closed next year, but he acknowledged...More

140 suspected suicide cases among US soldiers in 2009

US army probes high suicide rates among troops

Nearly 68,000 American forces are already deployed in Afghanistan (File)

Suicides in the U.S. Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more...More

Obama vows "positive, cooperative" ties with China

US, China agree on Iran nuclear "consequences"

US President Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) following a statement to the press in Beijing

The United States and China agreed that Iran faced "consequences" if it resisted greater openness on its nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama...More

US grand jury indicts firm for fraud and conspiracy

Kuwaiti firm indicted for overcharging US Army

Kuait’s Public Warehousing Company supplied food to US soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan (File)

A U.S. grand jury indicted a Kuwaiti company on Monday for fraud and conspiracy for allegedly overcharging the U.S. Army on $8.5 billion worth of contracts to...More