Gaza toll hits 342 on day 12, as Israel intensifies attacks

Israel on Sunday pressed on with its lethal ground offensive and intensive airstrikes across Gaza, killing 46 Palestinians including children in one of the bloodiest days of fighting as the death......

Fresh violence in Lanka's Kandy; Internet shut

Fresh violence on Wednesday erupted between majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Muslims in other areas of central Sri Lanka’s riot-hit Kandy district, prompting authorities to extend a......

US officials hold talks with Gaddafi government

United States officials have held rare face-to-face talks with representatives of Muammar Gaddafi's government and asked the Libyan leader to step down. Officials of the US and the Gaddafi regime......

Gaza toll passes 300 as UN chief rushes to Middle East

Stepping up its offensive, Israeli military killed 26 Palestinians, including eight members of a family, in overnight raids on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, taking the death toll to more than 300 in......