New Zealand Earthquake 2010: A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused widespread devastation in New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch with officials saying it was extremely lucky no one was killed.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in Gunbattle Near Border , A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday, the military said. A reconnaissance flight over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several gunmen in front of a property, according to a statement from Mexico’s Defense Department
US President Barack Obama urges Israeli and Palestinian leaders that they shouldnt let the chance of a permanent peace deal slip away. He says this moment of opportunity may not soon come again and pledges US support for the new negotiations
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama must walk a fine line in a speech on Tuesday night as he highlights progress toward winding down the war in Iraq while trying to avoid any perception of a “Mission Accomplished” moment. The White House says the removal of all but 50,000 U.S. troops and the declaration of the end to the combat phase shows Obama is fulfilling a campaign promise he made in 2008 to pull out of Iraq
KABUL: About two dozen Taliban militants — at least some dressed in US military uniforms — were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a city in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.
US Implores Americans not to Visit NKorea , The State Department on Friday urged Americans to respect its warning against traveling to North Korea, saying in a cheeky Twitter message that there are not too many former U.S. presidents left available for rescue missions. In a Tweet posted shortly after former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Boston from North Korea with American Aijalon Gomes who had been detained in the communist country for seven months, State Department spokesman P.J.
North Korea’s number two leader has told former U.S. President Jimmy Carter that the reclusive state is committed to denuclearising the peninsula and resuming six-way talks, the North’s state news agency said on Friday.
At least 20 people were killed after a plane flown by the Belgian head of a local airline crashed while trying to land in western Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said.
Police have killed a hijacker after he held 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage on a bus in Manila, the capital. At least four of the hostages were killed by hijacker in the 11-hour drama. Police said another four hostages had survived while the fate of the remaining seven was unclear.
It would take “a complete failure” of the Iraqi security forces for the U.S. to resume combat operations there, the top American commander in Iraq said as the final U.S. fighting forces prepared to leave the country.