S Korean base in Afghanistan hit by rocket attack

2011-05-31 11:08:53

A base for South Korean reconstruction workers in Afghanistan came under what appears to be yet another rocket attack, local reports said Tuesday.

Zuma says Gadhafi ready to implement AU roadmap

2011-05-31 09:52:56

Visiting South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is ready to carry out an African Union (AU) roadmap for solving the crisis in the North African country.

Zuma says Gadhafi ready to implement AU roadmap

2011-05-31 09:52:56

Visiting South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is ready to carry out an African Union (AU) roadmap for solving the crisis in the North African country.

At least 63 die in Yeman protests; 800 injured

2011-05-31 09:44:38

The death toll of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces overnight Monday in Yemen's southern province of Taiz rose to at least 63, doctors told Xinhua.

Lagarde in Brazil to promote IMF candidacy

2011-05-31 09:37:16

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde met with her Brazilian counterpart Monday to promote her candidacy to head the International Monetary Fund and said she backed the institution's reforms giving developing nations more of a voice in its operations.

DPRK threatens to close hotline with ROK

2011-05-31 08:59:07

Pyongyang threatened Monday to cut off a military communication channel with Seoul and to stop talking with its southern rival, an apparent reversal of its recent push for dialogue.

Yemen warplanes bomb Islamists who seized town

2011-05-31 07:55:18

Yemeni forces opened fire on a protest camp and killed more than 20 demonstrators Monday in the southern city of Taiz while government warplanes launched airstrikes on another southern town seized by radical Islamists.

Combative Blatter denies FIFA in crisis

2011-05-31 06:54:28

FIFA president Sepp Blatter, facing a deepening corruption scandal including accusations that Qatar bought the right to stage the 2022 World Cup, denied there was a crisis and described the problems as local difficulties on Monday.

Russia,NATO far from joint missile shield

2011-05-30 09:26:09

There is little hope that Russia and NATO will agree on building a joint missile shield.

Bomb blasts Nigerian after Jonathan inauguration

2011-05-30 09:16:00

Bombing blasts shook the northern Nigerian town of Bauchi on Sunday, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in, leaving a specific number of casualties, authorities said.

Climate change to affect fruits, nuts

2011-05-30 07:54:40

Climate change is expected to alter the global fruits and nuts industry dramatically.

Ugly, cheaper fish to rescue threatened species

2011-05-30 07:54:40

Converts to Italy's Slow Food movement can see past a few poisonous spines and bulging eyes: The scorpion fish and needlefish may be ugly but they are cheap, sustainable and taste fantastic.