Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's surprise visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on December 26, 2013 is certain to exacerbate already fraught relations between Japan and some of its neighbors, in particular China and South Korea.
Tehran: Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al Qaeda affiliated groups if the Arab country asks for such a help from Tehran, a senior defence official has said.
Jerusalem: Only a "miracle" can save former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who clings to life facing imminent death, hospital authorities said today.
BERLIN, Jan 6 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland forcing her to stay off her feet and cancel meetings, her spokesman said Monday, just as her new government got down to business.
Syria conflict:
Fighting in northern Syria between rival rebel groups has spread to the city of Raqqa, reports say. The powerful al-Qaeda-affiliated group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) came under attack at its headquarters overnight, activists say.
NANANGZHEN, China - China sent a strong signal Monday that it would do more to join global efforts to protect African elephants from rampant poaching, conducting its first public destruction of confiscated ivory.
BEIJING—A stampede at a mosque in a Muslim region of northern China killed 14 people and injured another 10, state media reported Monday.
South Korea President Park Geun-hye called Monday for a resumption of reunions between Korean families still separated by the Korean War six decades ago, in a perceived attempt to cool tensions with her northern neighbor.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A provincial official in Afghanistan say a suicide car bomber has attacked a security checkpoint in the country's east, killing three police officers.
SYDNEY - A naked Australian man was left red-faced after getting stuck in a washing machine during a game of hide and seek. The man clambered into the top-loader machine Saturday afternoon in his unit north of Melbourne, aiming to surprise his girlfriend .
An explosion has killed 10 members of the same family in a remote tribal region in north-west Pakistan, according to a government official.
A teenager who tried to stop a suicide bomber from entering his school in Hangu district of Pakistan was killed and two were injured in the latest attack on an educational institution.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis offered another gesture to Catholics who are estranged from the church, saying Monday he respects them but that God is waiting for them.
US Secretary of State departs with no 'framework' agreement in place, expected to return next week. US Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel on Monday following a five-day visit to the region.
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Human body parts fell from the sky in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of someone trapped in an aircraft's undercarriage bay.
The heart surgeon whom the late Princess of Wales called "Mr Wonderful" is being consulted over the health of former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf, it has been revealed.
If ZANU PF was a car on the road and blatant lies were the fuel, the gauge would be flashing orange by now, if not red; a clear sign that there is not long to go before the tank runs empty.
Tehran: Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al Qaeda affiliated groups if the Arab country asks for such a help from Tehran, a senior defence official has said.
Jerusalem: Only a "miracle" can save former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who clings to life facing imminent death, hospital authorities said today.
BERLIN, Jan 6 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland forcing her to stay off her feet and cancel meetings, her spokesman said Monday, just as her new government got down to business.
Syria conflict:
Fighting in northern Syria between rival rebel groups has spread to the city of Raqqa, reports say. The powerful al-Qaeda-affiliated group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) came under attack at its headquarters overnight, activists say.
NANANGZHEN, China - China sent a strong signal Monday that it would do more to join global efforts to protect African elephants from rampant poaching, conducting its first public destruction of confiscated ivory.
BEIJING—A stampede at a mosque in a Muslim region of northern China killed 14 people and injured another 10, state media reported Monday.
South Korea President Park Geun-hye called Monday for a resumption of reunions between Korean families still separated by the Korean War six decades ago, in a perceived attempt to cool tensions with her northern neighbor.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A provincial official in Afghanistan say a suicide car bomber has attacked a security checkpoint in the country's east, killing three police officers.
SYDNEY - A naked Australian man was left red-faced after getting stuck in a washing machine during a game of hide and seek. The man clambered into the top-loader machine Saturday afternoon in his unit north of Melbourne, aiming to surprise his girlfriend .
An explosion has killed 10 members of the same family in a remote tribal region in north-west Pakistan, according to a government official.
A teenager who tried to stop a suicide bomber from entering his school in Hangu district of Pakistan was killed and two were injured in the latest attack on an educational institution.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis offered another gesture to Catholics who are estranged from the church, saying Monday he respects them but that God is waiting for them.
US Secretary of State departs with no 'framework' agreement in place, expected to return next week. US Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel on Monday following a five-day visit to the region.
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Human body parts fell from the sky in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of someone trapped in an aircraft's undercarriage bay.
The heart surgeon whom the late Princess of Wales called "Mr Wonderful" is being consulted over the health of former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf, it has been revealed.
If ZANU PF was a car on the road and blatant lies were the fuel, the gauge would be flashing orange by now, if not red; a clear sign that there is not long to go before the tank runs empty.
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