Muslims demand NY police chief’s resignation for inflammatory film
January 27th, 2012 06:04 PM | Latest News | No Comment
As his administration faces a firestorm over a video shown to hundreds of police officers that depicted Muslims as extremists, New York Mayor Michael R Bloomberg conceded on Thursday that the episode had damaged relations between the city's Islamic community ...
US Secret Service inquiry on shot-up Obama image
January 27th, 2012 06:03 PM | Latest News | No Comment
Phoenix: The US Secret Service said on Thursday that it was looking into a photograph posted on the Internet that showed a group of young Arizona men posing in the desert with guns while holding up what appeared to ...
Fate of Iranians taken in Syria unknown
January 27th, 2012 06:02 PM | Iran News | No Comment
The fate of the 11 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped by armed gangs in Syria while en route from the capital Damascus to the northwestern city of Aleppo remains unknown.
The incident occurred on Thursday when a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims was stormed ...
UK economy looking at recession
January 27th, 2012 05:45 PM | Business | No Comment
Official figures reveal that the British economy faces a looming double-dip recession, having shrunk by 0.2 percent in the last quarter.
Figures released by Britain's Office of National Statistics shows that the British economy contracted by 0.2 percent, despite forecasts of ...
Baghdad blast kills 28, hurts 50
January 27th, 2012 05:45 PM | Latest News | No Comment
At least 28 people have been killed and 50 more injured in a car bomb explosion in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, medical sources say.
The blast occurred near a funeral procession outside a hospital in east Baghdad on Friday ...
Gingrich renews attack on Palestinians
January 27th, 2012 05:44 PM | Latest News | No Comment
US Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has once again defended his statement about Palestinians being an “invented” people amid a wide-scale anti-Palestinian campaign by American presidential candidates.
During a debate in Florida on Thursday night, Gingrich reiterated his earlier comment on ...