CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in historic presidential polls here on Monday, hours after the ruling military council issued a constitutional document claiming sweeping power, including legislative control. "Doctor Mohammed Mursi is the first Egyptian president of the republic elected by the people," read a tweet from the official Twitter account of the Freedom and Justice Party, t ...

  BEIJING: China completed its first automatic space docking on a manned mission Monday, before the three astronauts on board enter an orbiting module - a key step towards the nation's first space station. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which took off Saturday carrying the nation's first female astronaut, came together with the Tiangong-1 module currently in orbit over Earth, a move broadcast live on China ...

  SINGAPORE: Four men and a woman have been charged for rioting after a late night assault on 24-year-old Jerome Loy Xue Song last Friday. According to The Straits Times (ST), the five are believed to be part of an illegal assembly which taunted Mr Loy, identified in previous reports as Li Xue Song, as he was driving along Victoria Street. According to the SIM student, a group of bikers had rammed into ...

  MOSCOW: Iran and world powers on Monday locked horns in Moscow for a new round of high-stakes talks on the controversial Iranian nuclear programme seen as a last chance to solve the crisis diplomatically. Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sat down with representatives from six world powers including Tehran's arch foe the United States for two days of talks which will show if there is any ...

US soldiers gather next to a US Multiple Launch Rocket System during a live fire training exercise in the South Korean border county of Cheorwon, June 12, 2012. North Korea has strongly condemned the US ‘arms buildup’ in the region, considering it as an “open provocation” and a prelude to a regional war. A spokesman for North Korean Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed the US government’s move to boost its mi ...

Jennifer Lopez set the stage on fire with her steamy performance at the Dance Again Tour in Panama City. Here's a look at JLo shaking a leg and more! ...

Armed MQ-9 Reaper drone used by the US The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) continues to shy away from confirming or denying the military's use of assassination drones overseas, despite White House’s admission of operations by the pilotless aircraft. Despite public comments on the CIA’s drone attacks in countries such as Yemen and Somalia from various government officials, including former CIA Director ...

A father has the duty and responsibility of providing for the family. It is imperative that we show the respect and care that our father deserves. Though Mother’s Day has been around for some time, the celebration of Father’s Day has been properly carried out only since 1972 when the US president Nixon made it an official holiday. The third week of June was designated as Father’s Day in the USA and ever sin ...

Iran's Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari says the country plans to manufacture at least three million units of cars and export some one million of them by the year 2025. Ghazanfari said on Saturday that some 1.6 million cars were built in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 19, 2012), and 55,000 cars were sold overseas in the same period. He added that the country plans to expo ...

Senior army officers were killed when soldiers at BDR headquarters went on a killing spree, 611 convicted on Saturday. DHAKA: A Bangladesh court jailed 611 border guards for their role in a bloody 2009 military mutiny, bringing the total number of soldiers imprisoned for the unrest to more than 4,000, a prosecutor said. Scores of senior army officers were killed during an uprising that began when soldiers a ...