PARIS: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in “weeks, not months.” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters Tuesday that Gates “clearly thinks time is of the essence.” Gates is returning to Washington after spending a week in Europe. In Paris on Monday he met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Haiti and Earthquake Breaking news updates :- Haiti’s president ‘alive’ after massive quake: official, The Haitian capital has largely been destroyed in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years. Journalists from The Associated Press described severe and widespread casualties after a tour of streets where blood and bodies could be seen
KABUL: 6 Foreigners killed in Kabul Attack , Six foreigners have been killed and five others wounded in an attack on a Kabul guest house used by United Nations personnel, an Afghan official said Wednesday. United Nations confirmed earlier that three members of United Nations personnel stayed in the guesthouse were killed
Rajasthan: India Fuel Depot Fire 5 killed, A huge fire broke out at an Indian Oil Coporation (IOC) fuel depot in the outskirts of Jaipur, capital of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, killing at least 5 and injuring nearly 115 people.
Israeli troops demolished Palestinians’ houses in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque area and ousted them from there. Israeli officials said that the houses were constructed without permit while Philistines say that Israel wants to oust them forcefully by demolishing their houses