Thursday 17 May 2012
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BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces shelled rebel neighbourhoods of the flashpoint central city of Homs on Wednesday, as a tenuous truce struggled to take effect despite the arrival of UN military observers.
A bristling North Korea on Wednesday said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test.
SYRIA: An advance team of U.N. observers was negotiating the ground rules with Syrian authorities Monday for monitoring the country’s 5-day-old cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, activists said.
BRASILIA: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that she will continue to urge Pakistan to squeeze the Haqqani network.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan High Court order upholding his conviction in a murder case.