As of May 15, the China State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters reported that the quake in Sichuan Province took 19,509 lives. The death toll is predicted to reach as high as 50,000.As offi...
The skyrocketing death toll from the earthquake in China has caused global concern.Although large numbers of military personnel has been dispatched for rescue work, without earthquake experts an...
On May 14 arrest of six leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community- Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Mr. Vahid Tizfahm-by Iranian authorities and the continued imprisonment of a seventh
A suicide bomber apparently wearing a burqa blew up in a busy bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan Thursday, killing 16 people, officials said, as eight rebels died elsewhere in the country.
While there have been no riots yet in Afghanistan over spiraling food prices, the economic pain and hunger are hitting the poor and unemployed, aid agency officials are warning.
Democratic-led House rejects more funds to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over majority party's tactics sit out the vote.
The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said.
WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday.