ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (Reuters): Pakistan warned India against cross-border strikes in the disputed region of Kashmir after Indian authorities blamed a Pakistan-based group for an attack on an army camp in which soldiers and their families were targeted.Saturday's attack on the camp near Jammu, the winter capital of the revolt-torn...
Read moreRIYADH, Feb 12 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia has agreed to give up control of Belgium's largest mosque in a sign that it is trying to shed its reputation as a global exporter of an ultra-conservative brand of Islam. Belgium leased the Grand Mosque to Riyadh in 1969, giving Saudi-backed imams access...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Xinhua): The sun might be unusually cool by 2050, according to a new study.Based on the cooling spiral of recent solar cycles, scientists from University of California, San Diego believe the next "grand-minimum" is just decades away, during which the sun will be 7.0 per cent cooler.A...
Read moreMOSCOW, Feb 12 (Reuters): Emergency workers in Russia searched snow-covered fields outside Moscow on Monday, looking for body fragments and clues after a fatal plane crash a day earlier killed all 71 people on board. President Vladimir Putin has ordered a special commission to investigate what caused the AN-148 plane...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (Xinhua): At least 11 people were killed, including nine women, and several others injured in a deadly road crash in Pakistan's southern district of Hyderabad on Monday, said a senior police official.Dost Mohammad Mangrio, Deputy Superintendent of Police in Hyderabad, said the accident occurred on Tando Muhammad...
Read moreOruro, Feb 12 (Reuters): A street vendor's cooking gas container exploded on Saturday night amid a Carnival celebration in the Bolivian city of Oruro, killing eight and injuring 40 others, police said.The vendor, who was cooking deep fried llama rinds, had likely dripped hot oil onto the hose of the...
Read moreMOSCOW, Feb 12 (AFP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas visits Russia on Monday in a bid to secure Russian President Vladimir Putin's support following Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.The Palestinian leader was set to visit Moscow two weeks after a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Abbas has refused...
Read moreRouhani to visit India this weekTEHRAN, Feb 12: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani will visit India this week for three days, local media reported on Monday. Rouhani is due to leave for India on Thursday to discuss "the latest regional and global developments", the semi-official ISNA news agency said. He was...
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