TEXAS: The stunning victory of Ted Cruz, a young Tea Party-backed Republican over an establishment candidate vying for a Senate seat, has already so emboldened the insurgent conservative movement that activists are warning Mitt Romney he had better get on board. "These guys [newly elected Tea Party candidates]" are going to force Romney to the right," said Andrea Shell, a spokeswoman for Tea Party group Fre ...

WASHINGTON: The Congress overwhelmingly passed a new package of sanctions against Iran on Wednesday that aims to punish banks, insurance companies and shippers that help Tehran sell its oil.The legislation, agreed to by senior lawmakers of both parties, "seeks to tighten the chokehold on the regime beyond anything that has been done before," said Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the H ...

AURORA: shooting suspect James Holmes came to the attention of the threat assessment committee at the University of Colorado but no further action was taken because he left the school more than a month before the attack that killed 12 and injured 58, sources told ABC News. ABC News has learned that Dr. Lynne Fenton, the psychiatrist who was treating Holmes, 24, at the school, was also a key member of the un ...

BEIJING: A teenager has been arrested after killing eight people and wounding five others in a knife attack in northeast China, state media reported Thursday. The 17-year-old, which was identified only by his surname Li, barged into the home of his girlfriend armed with a knife following an argument and killed two relatives of the girl, the Legal Daily said. As he left his girlfriend's home in Liaoning prov ...

NEW DELHI: Indian government on Thursday described the near simultaneous explosions in Pune as a planned and coordinated act. Indian Union home secretary RK Singh said forensic experts were examining the two unexploded IEDs and nature of the four blasts. “Since the blasts have taken place within an area of 500 meters and within a span of 45 minutes, it appears to be a coordinated act. I am sure there was a ...

LONDON: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has started its “Torch of Peace” (Kashmir awareness campaign) during 2012 Olympic Games in London. The JKLF spokesman in a statement said that the campaigners would drive vans with banners on them around the Olympic venues to highlight the Kashmir dispute. This is a month-long campaign. Led by many JKLF leaders, the campaign have gained momentum and thou ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday termed Balochistan unrest as external aggression saying that Balochistan issue is world conspiracy. Malik said he would not play the “blame game” but would bring facts and would do so with full responsibility and transparency. “There are many things I will tell you on record and there are many that I will not be able to divulge in open house,” sa ...

ALEPPO: A video posted widely on internet and news agency channels online showed wild rebels shouting "Allah o Akbar" mercilessly dragging, lining up and then gunning down at close range Asad loyalist prisoners in cold blood. Wild Syrian rebels shouting "Allah o Akbar" mercilessly executed Syrian prisoners with fanatical gunfire for several minutes at close range. Several videos posted online showed a fanat ...

KABUL: At least eight insurgents believed to have been planning attacks in central Kabul have been killed in a gun battle, British media reported on Thursday. Security personnel raided a house in the east of the city and fighting broke out in the early hours of Thursday. The battle continued for six hours. Dozens of homes were evacuated and vehicles containing explosives were also found at the scene. The ra ...

ISLAMABAD: The Government has decided to focus its efforts and pool its resources for the expeditious completion of the Kachi Canal project within this year and the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed for the provision of funds in this regard. This decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to review the ongoing development projects under the Public Sector Developmen ...