MIAMI: Hurricane warnings were issued in Texas and the northeastern Mexico as forecasters predicted that Tropical Storm Alex churning in the Gulf of Mexico would reach hurricane force on Tuesday.At 0300 GMT the center of Alex was located some 505 miles (810 kilometers) southeast of

KINSHASA : The Democratic Republic of Congo this week celebrates 50 years since it cast off Belgian rule but the vast mineral-rich nation, blighted by decades of war, corruption and poverty, has yet to fulfil the hopes of independence.Sung for the first time on June 30, 1960, as the

BEIJING: China`s state media on Tuesday slammed US President Barack Obama for suggesting Beijing had turned a blind eye to North Korea`s actions, calling his remarks "irresponsible and flippant".At the Group of 20 summit in Canada at the weekend, Obama said China must not show "willful

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council met Monday on how to implement sanctions it adopted against Iran, hours after the Islamic Republic announced it would freeze nuclear talks for two months.   In a formal meeting, the 15-member council received a report on the implementation of all

WASHINGTON : Coded radio messages. Buried money. False identities. Hidden video cameras in hotel rooms. The complaints unveiled Monday against 11 Russian agents read like the pages of a Cold War spy thriller. The Justice Department documents outline the activities and spycraft of a ring

KOLKATA: The Indian government is going to take control over the prices of cancer medicine as these are considered lifesaving essential drugs.Officials said the government has also taken an initiative to put those medicines on the list of ‘national essential medicines’.Indian Health

KOLKATA: Flood furies are raging close by Bangladesh’s north, as one person died in flooding in Kuchbihar and Jalpaiguri of India’s West Bengal with several rivers bursting their banks amid heavy monsoon rain for the last 24 hours.People of those areas moved to higher grounds,

KOLKATA: Bihar is the most economically backward state of India, where people hardly have enough to spare much, let alone go lavish spending on luxuries. But, the estimate of total fuel costs by the ministers of the eastern Indian state in last 19 months came as a complete surprise.  

KOLKATA:  The banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul Jihad (Huji) Bangladesh is expanding its network in the name of different organizations in the remote villages on the islands located near the Indian part of the Sunderbans in West Bengal, intelligence sources said. Police said the leaders

BASEL - The Bank for International Settlements warned on Monday that economic recovery is at risk of a relapse if governments do not move fast to wind down crisis stimulus programmes. In its annual report, the global central bank body called for "immediate" steps to cut budget deficits

TORONTO - US President Barack Obama has launched a stern challenge to China, using the big stage of the G20 summit of world powers to demand Beijing`s help in rebalancing the world economy. The G20 leaders, representing both the world`s established economic giants and its dynamic

NEW ORLEANS - The first major storm of the Atlantic season was entering the Gulf of Mexico Monday, seeming set to avoid the BP oil spill but leaving residents jittery after causing 10 deaths. Tropical Storm Alex was expected to gain strength as it moves into the southwestern Gulf after

TEHRAN - Iran on Monday accused the US Central Intelligence Agency of waging "psychological warfare" against it, saying the CIA knows the Islamic republic`s nuclear programme has no military aims. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast dismissed CIA director Leon Panetta`s remarks

BEIJING - More than 100 people have been buried or trapped in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in southwest China on Monday, a local official and state media said. Rescue work was under way in the affected village of Dazhai in Guizhou province, the Xinhua news agency reported. An

PARIS - Panama`s ex-dictator Manuel Noriega goes on trial in Paris on Monday, accused of laundering Colombian drug money in French banks, in a case that could land him in jail for another 10 years. The 76-year-old general, who ruled Panama from 1981 to 1989, was extradited from the

BEIJING - A Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 19 Chinese crew aboard was hijacked Monday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, Chinese and EU authorities said. The MV Golden Blessing was travelling to India from Saudi Arabia when it was hijacked, the China Marine

TOKYO - Japan began the first round of talks with India in Tokyo Monday on exporting nuclear power generation technology made by technology giants such as Toshiba and Hitachi, the foreign ministry said. The first round of two-day talks are aimed at devising a treaty to allow cooperation

KARACHI - At least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured when a tanker exploded in the southern Pakistani city of Hyderabad on Monday, officials said. "At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured, it was an accidental blast," government spokesman Jamil Soomro told AFP. "It was

BEIJING - A Singaporean ship with 19 Chinese crew aboard was hijacked Monday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the China Marine Rescue Centre said. The ship, called the "Golden Blessing," was traveling to India from Saudi Arabia when it was hijacked, the centre said on its website, adding

BEIJING - Two executives at state-owned China Southern Airlines have been detained as part of a wide-ranging probe into corruption in the aviation industry, state media said Monday. Investigators took away the two managers, who work in the department charged with flight scheduling, in a