International news

[Anup Tiwari]

Oil prices dip as dollar rises

 

[Anup Tiwari]

LUXOR (Egypt): A suicide bomber
blew himself up on Wednesday at
the ancient Egyptian temple of
Karnak in Luxor, a southern city
frequented by millions of tourists
every year, security officials said.
There was no immediate word on
casualties from the late morning
bombing, but the officials said
police foiled two other suicide
attacks also targeting the sprawling
Nile-side temple, a tourist attraction
that rivals the pyramids at Giza,
near Cairo.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

KANDAHAR: An Afghan official says
at least 20 police officers have been
killed after militants ambushed
checkpoints in the country's volatile
southern Helmand province.
Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head
of the province's joint coordination
of police and military operations,
said Saturday the ambushes late
Friday night hit checkpoints in the
Musa Qala district, long a Taliban
stronghold.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities say
bombs targeting public places have
killed 10 people in the capital,
Baghdad.
Police officials say a car bomb went
off about noon today near shops
selling car parts in southeastern
Baghdad, killing five people and
wounding 13 others.
Another bomb blast at an outdoor
market killed three shoppers and
wounded eight in the city's eastern
suburbs.
Also, police said a bomb exploded
near a row of shops in the capital's
western neighbourhood of Baiyaa,
killing two and wounding 10.
Medical officials confirmed the
casualty figures. All officials spoke
on condition of anonymity because
they were not authorised to talk to
the media.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Britain warns further Islamist attacks in Tunisia possible

 

[Rahulan Raj]

More terrorism...
Why ?

 

[Anup Tiwari]

KUWAIT/DUBAI: When a Saudi
Arabian man flew to Kuwait in the early hours of Friday to carry out the country's worst militant attack, a bomb vest, Kuwaiti-style Arab robes a place to prepare, and a car and driver to take him to his target were all lined up for him.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Pakistan hasn't shared proof of Indian terror: US

 

[Rahulan Raj]

That's bad. But Kuwait deserve it

 

[Anup Tiwari]

SHANGHAI: One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.