North Korea — the great unknown

What would we do without North Korea? Yes, the place can be scary – like right now. But in our world of instant experts and instant explanations, what

Mahinda rejects war crimes probe

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger re

Man charged with soup poison bid

LONDON: A kitchen porter was charged on Friday with attempting to poison pupils at a top public school. Maxwell Cook, 57, was arrested in Marc

‘Sanctions are a failed policy’

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil and Turkey lashed out at the United States on Friday in a deepening confrontation over Iran, saying it and other nuclear powers

Turkey appoints foreign policy expert as top spy

ANKARA: Turkey has named a foreign policy expert with close knowledge of Iran as its new top spy, as the country linking Europe with the Middle East a

UK postman admits to child abuse offences

LONDON: A postman admitted on Friday that he groomed hundreds of children for sex over a five-year period, using social networking sites to court his

Serbia bolsters bid for EU

HORGOS, Serbia: For many illegal migrants a Serbian village on the pastoral border with Hungary is the last hurdle blocking their dream of crossing in

Nepalese leaders battle to avert political crisis

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s main party leaders were locked in talks Friday to try and avert a political crisis with parliament’s term due to expire at midnight

Wen Jiabao seeks to cool Korean standoff

SEOUL: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak on Friday he condemned acts threatening stability on the Korean Peninsula

Hatoyama fires coalition partner from cabinet

TOKYO: Japan’s prime minister fired a junior coalition partner from her cabinet post on Friday for resisting a US-Japan deal on a Marine airbase, wide

Man crosses English Channel with helium balloons

LONDON: In a goofy yet mesmerising stunt, an American adventurer crossed the English Channel on Friday carried by a bundle of helium balloons, ending

Milk keeps fat at bay!

LONDON: Women who drank two large glasses of milk daily after their weight-lifting routine gained more muscle and lost more fat compared to women who