China tells Iranian delegation to return to talks

China tells Iranian delegation to return to talks

China tells Iranian delegation to return to talks

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:06 PM PST

BEIJING, Jan 21 — China told a visiting Iranian delegation that returning to nuclear talks was a "top priority," the Xinhua news agency said today, in a meeting highlighting Beijing's efforts to reduce tensions that could threaten its oil supply. The delegation, led by Supreme National Security Council deputy secretary Ali Baqeri, visited Beijing ...

US lawmakers moving to tighten screws on Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — The US Senate is looking to strengthen the economic chokehold on Iran with even stricter measures to cripple Tehran's oil revenues and possibly its shipping in legislation that is expected in the coming weeks. Lawmakers want to move quickly to constrict the funding that Western nations suspect Iran is using to develop nuclear ...

Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:54 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organisers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship last year.

Major powers open to serious talks with Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Major powers signalled on Friday their willingness to reopen talks about curbing Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons but said Tehran must show it is serious about any negotiations.

VIDEO: Witness describes Nigeria blasts

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:11 PM PST

A coordinated series of bomb attacks in Nigeria has killed at least six people in the biggest city in the north, Kano.


VIDEO: Argentine protesters burn Union flag

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:10 PM PST

In another sign of worsening relations between Britain and Argentina, demonstrators have burnt flags outside the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.


Newborns of mothers on antidepressants at risk

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:32 PM PST

Newborns of mothers on antidepressants are more likely to have dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal.

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A regretful catastrophe 28 years ago

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:12 PM PST

The bustling town in Pontian was destroyed when Jalan Bakek was swept by a massive fire 28 years ago. The accident happened at midnight in 19 June 1984, when businesses were having promotional sales for the Hari Raya Puasa celebration. All businessmen suffered massive losses and the history was then overturned.

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France threatens Afghan pullout after troops killed

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:18 PM PST

PARIS/CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - France threatened on Friday to pull out early from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan after a rogue Afghan soldier opened fire on French soldiers, killing four and wounding about 15 others.

Major powers divided on approach to Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers are divided over what to put on the table should Iran resume talks on curbing its nuclear program and whether to allow it to continue enriching uranium to some degree, diplomats said on Friday.

Cautious Romney lowers expectations in S. Carolina

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST

GILBERT, South Carolina (Reuters) - With the crucial Republican presidential primary in South Carolina just hours away, long-time front-runner Mitt Romney is acknowledging what some opinion polls are suggesting: He could lose Saturday.

Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:13 PM PST

TRIPOLI, Jan 21 — Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied yesterday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organisers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship last year. Assembled by Islamist political and religious groups, mostly young and bearded men ...

France threatens Afghan pullout after troops killed

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:40 PM PST

PARIS Jan 21 — France threatened yesterday to pull out early from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan after a rogue Afghan soldier opened fire on French soldiers, killing four and wounding about 15 others. The killings in the Taghab valley of Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province were the latest in a series of incidents in which Afghan troops have ...

Major powers open to serious talks with Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:22 PM PST

TEHRAN, Jan 21 — Major powers signalled yesterday their willingness to reopen talks about curbing Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons but said Tehran must show it is serious about any negotiations. The focus on diplomacy follows weeks of rising tensions between the West, which is seeking to cut Iran's oil sales, and Tehran, which has ...

VIDEO: Inside Syria with opposition activists

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:41 PM PST

Newsnight's Tim Whewell discovers armed opponents of President Assad's regime established inside the Syrian capital.


VIDEO: Children risk lives on way to school

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:40 PM PST

Students in a village in Indonesia are risking their lives to take a short cut to school by continuing to use a suspension bridge that collapsed a week ago in flooding.


Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:17 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organisers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship last year.

Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission may extend

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in Syria on Friday and the bodies of six others were turned over to their families, activists said, two days before the Arab League decides whether to keep monitors there despite their failure to halt bloodshed.

Explosions rock Nigeria's Kano, at least six killed

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:08 PM PST

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in a string of bomb blasts on Friday in Nigeria's second city Kano and the authorities imposed a curfew across the city, which has been plagued by an insurgency led by the Islamist sect Boko Haram.

Major powers open to serious talks with Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Major powers signalled on Friday their willingness to reopen talks about curbing Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons but said Tehran must show it is serious about any negotiations.

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