SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has resigned following accusations of nepotism involving his daughter`s employment, government sources and the ministry said on Saturday."The foreign minister`s resignation has been accepted by the president," said a presidential source

Dubai: "The biggest fireball ever seen" and a "massive 20-storey tower of smoke and flames" was how witnesses described the crash of a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane in Dubai, in which two crew members were killed.The United Parcel Service (UPS) Flight 6 took off from Dubai International

OAXACA: At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico Friday, the attorney general`s office said.The plane left Mexico City and went down as it was approaching the airport at the Pacific beach

Santiago: Victor Zamorano, one of 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground in northern Chile, sent a poem Friday to officials working to rescue him.In the poem he describes his experience of being trapped in the copper mine since Aug 5. Zamorano narrates his frustration of waiting for

CHRISTCHURCH: A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused widespread devastation in New Zealand`s second largest city of Christchurch Saturday, with officials saying it was "extremely lucky" no one was killed.Initial estimates put the damage at up to two billion dollars (1.44 billion US)

OAXACA: At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico Friday, the attorney general`s office said.The plane left Mexico City and went down as it was approaching the airport at the Pacific beach

WELLINGTON: Nine people, including foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, police and media said.The plane went down near the airstrip at Fox Glacier, a central attraction in the UNESCO-designated World

OAXACA: At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico Friday, the attorney general`s office said.The plane left Mexico City and went down as it was approaching the airport at the Pacific beach

BEIJING: At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China on Friday, state media reported.In Jilin province, a truck and a long-distance bus collided at the entrance to an expressway near the provincial capital Changchun at about 3:00 pm (0700 GMT),

Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that this week`s Mideast peace talks as well as Israel itself were "doomed to collapse" as millions of Iranians were expected to turn out for state-organised anti-Israel rallies.Iran marks the last Friday of the fasting month of

QUETTA, Pakistan: A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a U.S.-backed government overwhelmed by a flood crisis.Pakistan`s Taliban claimed responsibility for the

KITTY HAWK, North Carolina: Hurricane Earl pounded North Carolina on Friday as it sped up the US East Coast, threatening dangerous waves and riptides across the eastern seaboard.Coastal residents huddled at home after tens of thousands fled the strongest Atlantic storm of 2010.It was

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha introduced their newborn baby to Downing Street on Friday, posing for pictures outside the famous Number 10 door.Florence Rose Endellion caught the Camerons by surprise when she arrived early during their holiday to

KANDAHAR CITY: Afghanistan: Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between NATO-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.Devastating floods over the past month

MOSCOW: Five people died in southern Russia after new forest fires broke out, a regional official told news agencies on Friday."According to our data, the bodies of five people were found in the fire. But this is preliminary information," the head of Volgograd region`s investigative

New York: Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times poll. The poll indicates that support for the 13-story complex at the Sep 11, 2001

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana:  An oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to dive into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster. Fire engulfed the offshore platform 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the Louisiana coast

Washington: Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held their first direct negotiations in nearly two years, in Washington. The US Middle East envoy said the talks, between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, had been "constructive". Both sides have agreed

BOGOTA: Fourteen police officers were killed when their patrol vehicle was blown up by a rebel mine on a road in southern Caqueta department, local police said Thursday. "At first we got reports of five police killed in a mine field, but only when we managed to get there Thursday, due to

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Pakistan`s Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi`ite Muslim procession in the city of Lahore that killed 33 people. Wednesday`s blasts in the eastern city was the first major militant attack in Pakistan since floods waters tore