Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete The Daily Telegraph Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. | Despite the winding down of operations, the remaining years of Afghan operations are estimated to cost the UK at least another £800 million Photo: PA | B...
UN says al Qaeda behind Syria suicide bombs death toll from civil war reaches 10,000 The Daily Telegraph UN leader Ban Ki-moon has said he believes al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in Syria. | United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon Photo: EPA | 10:30AM BST 18 May 2012 | Ban said President Bashar al-Assad has still...
Syrian TV: Suicide Bombers Strike Military Again Voa News The death toll in Syria is rising following another suicide bombing apparently targeting the country’s military. | | Syrian state television says nine people are now dead and more than 100 injured after a suicide attacker detonated a car...
Iranian FM hopes Iran-IAEA agree on new modality: report Xinhua • Iranian FM hoped that Iran and IAEA could reach an agreement on a new modality. • Iran's envoy confirmed that IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano will visit Iran on Sunday. • The world powers and Iran will hold next round of nuclear ta...
Suicide blast kills 13 in eastern Afghanistan Austin American Statesman | KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people, police said. | The bomber walked up to a checkpoint in Ali Sher district along the Pakistan bo...
Suicide blast, attacks kill at least 19 in Syria DNA India | A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside security headquarters in Syria's biggest eastern city today, killing nine people and wounding 100, state media said. | The attack was the the first of its kind in Deir Ezzor since an anti-r...
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Chinese in bold call for official's removal Al Jazeera | A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's l...
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses The Washington Times | Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after recent comp...
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill Herald Tribune | JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm around a wou...
Qatar and UAE Call on Citizens to Leave Lebanon The New York Times | Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. | Twitter List: Reporters and Editors | BEIRUT (AP) — The Gulf states of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have called on their citizens not to ...
Afghan police: Suicide bombing kills 8 in east Austin American Statesman | KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing eight people, police said. | The bomber walked up to a checkpoint in Ali Sher district along the Pakistan...
Qatar and UAE call on citizens to leave Lebanon Austin American Statesman | BEIRUT — The Gulf states of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have called on their citizens not to go to Lebanon and for those who are there to leave. | Saturday's call by the two countries' foreign ministries came days after clashes between...
2,900-year-old Egyptian mummy had rare, cancer-like disease Zeenews Washington: About 2,900 years after he was mummified, scientists have uncovered that the ancient Egyptian man, likely in his 20s, died of a rare, cancer-like disease that may also have left him with a type of diabetes. | A team of doctors who looked at the mummy, which is now in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb in Croatia, found that while mummi...
