Seven firefighters were injured in one of two explosions that shook the ethnically divided city in the north of Kosovo overnight, police said Saturday. The first explosion – after 10.00am on Friday near a cafe in the northern half of Kosovska Mitrovica – damaged several cars but caused no
The introduction of personal and corporate income tax in the GCC will boost "economic progress and well-being" in the region, financial experts said. Members of the banking and finance industry said that a new tax system will likely create a host of government sponsored financial and
John Atta-Mills’ bid to become the next leader of Ghana strengthened on Saturday after provisional results put him well ahead of his rival in the last constituency to vote in a presidential run-off election. In a declaration to local news media, a returning officer in the farming district
Zimbabwe ’s President Robert Mugabe is preparing to form a unity goverment after firing a number of ministers from his Zanu-PF party who lost in the March 2008 elections, state media said on Saturday. "What I can tell you is that President Mugabe has already started preparing an
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il paid a new year’s visit to soldiers from a leading tank unit in his first reported public appearance of 2009, state-run media reported Saturday. The dispatch did not specify the exact location of Kim’s military visit but said the leader “congratulated service
Hundreds of Muslims burnt Israeli flags Friday and chanted anti-Israel and anti-US slogans as they staged a protest in insurgency-hit Indian Kashmir against the attacks on Gaza . Carrying pro-Palestinian banners and portraits of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, hundreds of Kashmiri
Australia will likely reject a US request to accept detainees freed from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the acting prime minister said on Friday. Julia Gillard said US President George W Bush’s administration made the request in early December after President-elect Barack Obama
Following Israel’s withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip in 2005, firms around the region discussed redeveloping land and homes on the territory’s Mediterranean coastline, offering a bright spot on the economic horizon for Palestinians. Fast forward three years, as the current crisis
Gaza’s 1.5 million residents are facing an "alarming" humanitarian situation under constant Israeli bombardment, with the main power plant shut down, overcrowded hospitals struggling to cope and very limited food supplies, UN officials said. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said the
Indonesian prosecutors said Friday that they will appeal the acquittal of a former top intelligence agency official accused in the poisoning murder of a prominent rights activist aboard a flight to the Netherlands. The acquittal of retired Major General Muchdi Purwoprandjono has been