Kashmir advises people to prepare for nuclear war
Police in Indian Kashmir have warned residents to build underground bunkers to prepare for a possible nuclear war in the disputed region, which is on edge after a string of deadly border clashes. Full storyPrince Harry lashes out at press on return from war zone
Spate of Iraq car bombs kill 17
A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others on Tuesday, shattering a relative calm after a spate of deadly attacks last week. Full storyAlgeria says 37 foreigners killed in gas plant siege
Thirty-seven foreigners of eight nationalities were killed by Islamist militants in a well-planned attack on a remote gas plant, some of them executed with a bullet to the head, Algeria’s premier said. Full storyObamas in the limelight at monster inaugural ball
Girl killed in Indonesia quake
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Aceh province Tuesday, killing an eight-year-old girl and leaving 15 people injured, officials said. The quake struck 112 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital of... Full storyCold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps
Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January in Kabul... Full storyRuling postponed on request to move Delhi gang-rape trial
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed a ruling on whether the trial of five suspects for the fatal gang-rape of a student on a New Delhi bus should be moved out of the capital, officials said. Full storyPhilippines takes China to UN over sea row
The Philippines has taken China to a UN tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea, including territory belonging to the archipelago, the foreign secretary, Albert del Rosario, said Tuesday. Full storyIsrael votes in ballot seen producing swing to right
Israelis voted Tuesday in an election likely to return prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of a rightwing coalition that will face the challenges of peacemaking with the Palestinians and Iran’s nuclear programme. Full storyCanadian kills two, self in Philippine court
A Canadian involved in legal disputes with his neighbours shot dead two people Tuesday in a courtroom rampage in the central Philippines before killing himself, the police said. John Pope, 66, a former journalist, arrived... Full storyLiberia’s Taylor begins war crimes appeal
Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Tuesday began his appeal against a 50-year prison sentence handed down by Sierra Leone’s UN-backed special court for fuelling the west African nation’s savage civil war. Full storyBritish grandmother gets death for drugs in Indonesia
