The Philippine government has given partners of a joint venture that won a $150-million (Dh550.5 million) bid to automate next year’s elections until Friday to patch up their differences, the elections commission chief said on Tuesday.
The first H1N1 infection found to be resistant to the antiviral Tamiflu represents an “isolated case” with “no public health implication” at this time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.
Militants in a northwestern region have scrapped a peace deal with the government and vowed to launch attacks, threatening to open a new front against the army, already fighting in two areas.
The decision on who will become North Korea’s next leader may not be final yet despite reports that Kim Jong Il has tapped his youngest son to succeed him, South Korea’s defence minister said on Tuesday.
A long-delayed report on the Babri Masjid demolition put the issue back in public consciousness with the Liberhan Commission, that was formed 17 years ago, submitting its findings to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
A Madras High Court judge’s stunning declaration that a union minister had asked him to give bail to a father-son duo accused of forging marksheets prompted the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to demand the sacking of the as-yet-unnamed minister.
Germany’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty was compatible with national law, but demanded changes to domestic legislation which will delay the treaty’s ratification.
One of three living survivors from the Khmer Rouge’s main torture centre testified on Tuesday that he endured beatings, electric shocks and had his toenails pulled out but was spared execution because he knew how to fix cars.
After ten years of construction through controversial phases and delays, Mumbai’s residents breathed a huge sigh of relief with the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) on Tuesday.