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Car rams into Virginia hikers
A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...
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Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah
Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...
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Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus
At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...
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Spies hang after Tehran court ruling
Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...
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Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit
BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...
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Mice and lizard return after a month in space
A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in IndiaUpdate
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here today on a three-day state visit. The visit is expected to expand cooperation between the two countries substantially. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said New Delhi is highly hopeful that the visit will enhance mutual trust and understanding between the people and leadership on sensitivities of two countries. Briefing media here ...
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Lapid Jlem shouldnt be capital of Palestinian state
Lapid tops Post's 50 most influential Jews list In regard to Israeli settlements, Lapid said he would make no move to obstruct their "natural expansion" in the West Bank. The finance minister told ...
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Al-Dura says he is willing to exhume sons body
Jamal al-Dura, father of 12-year-old Gazan Muhammad al-Dura who became a symbol of the second intifada, dismisses Israel inquiry c'tee's findings as "lies," calls for impartial international investigation into son's ...
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Lottery winner bags $590.5m
Florida - A single winning ticket for a record US Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organisers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was ...
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Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal
would be Marissa Mayer's, Yahoo chief executive, largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic internet company in July 2012. Mayer is expected to make an announcement later on Monday at an event in Manhattan in which the company promised to "share something special," without elaborating. Peter Kafka, media reporter at the technology ...
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Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages
Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction company have gone on strike for a second day to back wage demands in a rare labour protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned. Blue-collared labourers employed by Arabtec, the company behind projects including the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa, did not show up for work on Sunday, said a spokesman for ...
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At 20 Russias Gazprom Struggles To Stay Dominant
MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year. But at Gazprom, there appears to be little cause for celebration. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly, which was established as a publicly traded corporation in 1993, recently announced that its net profits fell by 11 percent last year and its valuation dipped below $100 billion for the first time since 2009. Moreover, ...
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Burmese Leader To Make First U.S. Visit In 47 Years
President Thein Sein is due to make the first visit by a leader of Burma to the United States in almost 47 years. Thein Sein is expected to meet on May 20 with President Barack Obama at the White House. The visit is being seen as a gesture of U.S. support following a series of pro-democracy reforms after decades of repressive military rule in the southeast Asian country, which is also ...
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Visiting Chinese Premier Calls For Trust Cooperation With India
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says Beijing wants to build up mutual trust and cooperation with India. He was quoted as making the remark as he met on May 20 in New Delhi with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. Li said "world peace" cannot become reality without "strategic cooperation" between the world’s two most populous nations. It is the Chinese ...
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Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 2:05 a.m. ET](CNN) -- A tornado touched down in Golden City, Missouri, early Monday morning and tore through two counties, Barton County Emergency Management Director Tom Ryan ...
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Analysis Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be ...
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Insight The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
Apart from the relative success of Tesla Motors Inc in putting nearly 10,000 of its pricey luxury electric cars on the road, the electric vehicle sector has been among the biggest duds in clean ...
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Deadly twisters tear through Midwest
At least four separate twisters touched down in central Oklahoma late Sunday afternoon, including one near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, that laid waste to much of a mobile home park. A 79-year-old man was found dead at mobile home park severely damaged by tornado. Across the state, 21 people were injured, not including those who suffered bumps and bruises and chose ...
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Tornadoes cause havoc in Oklahoma
Oklahoma , leaving at least one man dead, turning homes in a trailer park into splinters and rubble and sending frightened residents scurrying for ...
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One reported dead as tornadoes hit US states
A powerful storm system churning through the US Midwest spawned tornadoes Sunday in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa, destroying homes and killing at least one person, US media ...
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Insight The fight for North Dakotas fracking-water market
WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for ...
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Analysis At margins of shale oil boom a tempered euphoria
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to ...
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Imran Khans party wins revote in Karachi protests expected
1 of 2. Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses his supporters after his visit to the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, during an election campaign in Karachi May 7, ...
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Lack of communication factor in plane crash inquest
An inquest has begun into the deaths of a pilot and a spotter who were taking part in a goat cull in Western Australia's Gascoyne when their plane collided with a helicopter. Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, were contracted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Conservation to help in a goat cull in February 2008. The men were ...
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