Britain raised its terror threat alert to the second-highest level on Friday, one of several recent moves the country has made to increase vigilance against international terrorists after a Christmas Day bombing attempt on a Europe-US flight. The threat level was raised from “substantial” — where it had stood since July to indicate a strong [...]

US President Barack Obama is “troubled” by cyberattacks on Google and wants China to provide “answers” to charges of security breaches, his spokesman said on Friday. The comment came a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to conduct a thorough probe into cyberattacks on Google and other US companies, and lamented what [...]

China rejected on Friday a call by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the lifting of restrictions on the Internet in the communist country, denouncing her criticism as false and damaging to bilateral ties. A state-run newspaper labeled the appeal from Washington as “information imperialism.” Clinton’s speech on Thursday elevated the issue of [...]

In the heady days of the Dubai gold rush, when real estate sold and resold even before a shovel hit the ground, the ambitious emirate was hailed as the model of Middle Eastern modernity, a boomtown that built an effective, efficient and accessible form of government. Then the crash came and revealed how paper-thin that [...]

The Lahore High Court has disposed the plea of 26/11 mastermind and LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Lakhvi had filed a petition seeking transfer of case against him from Rawalpindi to Lahore on grounds that there was a threat to his life in Rawalpindi. The LeT operations commander was indicted along with six other [...]

Unidentified persons lobbed a bomb targeting the home of opposition Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka’s campaign manager on Friday as violence escalated with just four days left for the polls. The bomb severely damaged the house of businessman and opposition member Tiran Alles in the Western Province and destroyed his car parked in the compound. But [...]

Declaring that an attack on one nation’s computer networks “can be an attack on all,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a warning on Thursday that the United States would defend itself from cyberattacks, though she left unclear the means of response. In a sweeping, pointed address that dealt with the Internet as a [...]

The Pakistani army said on Thursday it cannot expand its offensive against militants for at least six months, and the United States backed off public pressure on an ally considered vital in the war next door in Afghanistan. Remarks from the Army’s chief spokesman during a visit by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates did not [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google to threaten pulling out of that country, and challenged Beijing to openly publish its findings. “Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of Internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of [...]

Google’s threat to pull out of China over concerns about censorship and security should not affect ties with the United States, a top Chinese official said on Thursday, seeking to contain the government’s dispute with the Internet giant. The comment from Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei came just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary [...]

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth’s view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than [...]

India’s maiden mission to the moon, Chandrayaan, found first evidence of water on the lunar surface before it terminated. A joint Indo-US study published in the prestigious American journal Science has revealed this startling finding. For long scientists have believed the moon is essentially a dry, parched pockmarked landscape. But the new studies based on [...]

India’s Foreign Minister is all set to impress upon US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when he meets her on September 25 that Washington must closely monitor the aid being given to Pakistan. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, SM Krishna said there’s enough evidence to show that US aid to Pakistan is being used against India. [...]

Seeking resumption of the composite dialogue process with India, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said such a move is in the best interest of the region. Zardari, who arrived in New York on Sunday for the annual UN General Assembly session, made the remarks during a meeting with former US President Bill Clinton on [...]

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met with her US counterpart William Burns and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including counter-terrorism and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed visit to America in November. Rao, who arrived in Washington from New York late on Sunday, had detailed discussion with Burns, the US Under Secretary of State [...]

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine division of Sanofi-Aventis Group on Monday said it has received order from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to supply antigen for 27.3 million doses of Influenza A HINI 2009 monovalent vaccine for swine flu. “The new order is for the production of bulk antigen equivalent to 27.3 [...]

US President Barack Obama poked fun at claims that racism was behind fierce opposition to his ambitious political agenda, joking that “I was actually black before the election.” It was the latest attempt by Obama to tone down the debate, after former US President Jimmy Carter commented that much of the conservative fury directed at [...]

Despite his popularity abroad, when it comes to climate change, US President Obama is in a corner. The international community wants the United States to cut its carbon emissions by 25 to 40 per cent over the next 10 years. “As I recall it was senior President Bush who went to Rio and said that [...]