Month: March 2011

PAKISTAN has demanded an apology and explanation from the US over a drone strike in a tribal region, which officials said killed 35 people. “The government of Pakistan strongly condemns the drone strike which has […] […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian police say a ship smuggling equipment that possibly could be used to make nuclear weapons had been headed to Iran. National police chief Ismail Omar told The Associated Press on Friday the […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran has recalled its ambassador from Bahrain to protest crackdowns on mainly Shiite protesters in the tiny Gulf kingdom, Iranian state media reported Thursday. State TV said Iran’s ambassador in Manama, Mahdi Aghajafari, was […] […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all nonessential travel […] […]

WASHINGTON – The White House says it welcomes the release by Pakistan of an American CIA contractor accused of shooting and killing two Pakistanis. White House spokesman Jay Carney says he has no information to […] […]

A Muslim woman from San Diego wants a Southwest Airlines crew disciplined for removing her from a flight for wearing a headscarf. Irum Abassi says she was forced off a San Jose-bound flight in San […] […]

EFFORTS to make Japan’s quake and tsunami-hit nuclear plants safe and halt their radioactive fallout have taken a “very dangerous” turn, Australian experts say. They say the threat to human health is still confined within […] […]

TAIWAN authorities have so far detected radioactive particles on 25 passengers arriving on planes from Japan, where one of the worst nuclear crises in history is unfolding, officials said today. A day after scanning equipment […] […]

FORMER hospital director who forced an African woman to work 18 hours a day has become the first person in Britain to be convicted of “modern-day slavery”. Saeeda Khan, 68, was forced to pay 49-year-old […] […]