(SomaliNet) At least nine people have been killed in an earthquake in Tibet, Chinese state media reported.
The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, was in a sparsely populated area around 80 kilometres west of the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
Meanwhile, on Sunday an eart
(SomaliNet) The candidate from Thailand's main opposition party has been re-elected governor of the capital, Bangkok, leaving his rival from the main party in the national coalition government trailing far behind.
Bangkok’s administration said on its website, www.bangkok.go.th that incumbent
(SomaliNet) A retired army general who is the provincial leader of the main opposition party is among the 27 people killed by a Sri Lankan suicide bomber, police said on Monday.
The killings which occurred in the northern town of Anuradhapura came as the Sri Lankan military appeared on the verge
(SomaliNet) The police in Pakistan said a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded a leading Pakistani opposition politician on Monday.
The attack targeted the home of Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, a member of parliament for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party, in Bhakkar town sou
(SomaliNet) At least seven people were killed and 61 others wounded when a bomb exploded at the home of an opposition lawmaker in eastern Pakistan on Monday, officials and a witness said.
Experts say the explosion was the latest in a string of attacks apparently targeting lawmakers in Pakistan,
(SomaliNet) In the wake of economic downturn and financial crisis, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is moving further ahead in all national polls Monday .
Obama now leads McCain 53 to 45 percent, doubling the 4-point lead Obama held in the last CNN poll in mid-September, accord
(SomaliNet) Over 800 illegal immigrants, most of them from Libya, managed to reach Italy on Tuesday in 11 boats.
Media reports said they landed in Sicily and Lampedusa, a small island lying to the south west of Sicily. Many of the immigrants were women and children. They have now been taken to i
(SomaliNet) Mexico has handed former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo back to Guatemala. Mr Portillo, who was president between 2000 and 2004, is suspected of corruption and of embezzling millions of euros. In 2004, he fled to Mexico.
Shortly after his return to Guatemala on Tuesday evening,
(SomaliNet) The US presidential candidates met on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee for a second televised debate. Although both men avoided harsh confrontations, the tone was definitely tougher. They clashed most notably over the war in Iraq.
Senator John McCain said his rival Senator Barak Obama
(SomaliNet) Eighteen people died when the plane they were travelling in crashed on landing at the airstrip in Lukla in eastern Nepal. The Twin Otter plane, owned by Yeti Airlines, was travelling from Kathmandu.
Initial reports say it caught fire after crash-landing and striking the perimeter bou
