Politics

Taiwan's navy launches surface-to-air missile

Taiwan launched a US-made Standard II surface-to-air missile for the first time in six years, destroying a drone emulating a Chinese air attack, at sea near the east coast of Taiwan on September 26, 2013. Duration: 00:31

Sep 26, 2013

Dengue emergency declared in northwestern Pakistan

Authorities in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley have declared a health emergency after nearly 5,000 cases of dengue fever were reported in a month. Duration: 00:58

Sep 26, 2013

NBA star Kobe Bryant in United Arab Emirates

NBA basketball champion Kobe Bryant is in Dubai for a celebrity match. He first took time out to shoot a few hoops with students in Abu Dhabi. Duration: 00:37

Sep 26, 2013

Eurogamers Expo 2013 held in London

Gaming enthusiasts descend on the Earl's Court exhbition centre to play demo versions of the very latest products from major and independent programmers at the Eurogamers Expo 2013 in London on Thursday. Duration: 00:36

Sep 26, 2013

Nairobi video shows Westgate Mall wreckage

Footage released by the Kenyan military shows the extent of the damage to Nairobi's Westgate Mall after a deadly four-day siege. Duration: 00:38

Sep 26, 2013

Museums create 'red list' of endangered Syrian artefacts

UNESCO and a coalition of museums around the world announced the creation of a "red list" of cultural artefacts and sites that are at risk of destruction because of the conflict raging in Syria. Duration: 01:03

Sep 26, 2013

Guineans to go to the polls amidst ethnic violence

Guineans will on Saturday vote in the first parliamentary elections in the troubled west African nation in over a decade, after months of delays and a campaign plagued by deadly unrest. Duration: 0:58

Sep 26, 2013

Bahrain rights group awarded Norway's Rafto Prize.

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, whose founder and director are both jailed, won Norway's Rafto Prize for rights defenders Thursday for its fight against repression in the Gulf state. Duration: 0:58

Sep 26, 2013

Mugabe condems economic sanctions against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. He strongly condemned the use of economic sanctions against his country. Duration: 0:49

Sep 26, 2013

Canadian doctor makes posthumous assisted suicide plea

A Canadian microbiologist who reassured a frightened nation during the 2003 SARS crisis, has ignited a controversial debate with a posthumous plea on Wednesday for assisted suicide. Duration: 1:19

Sep 26, 2013

Abbas insists Mideast peace deal must be 'permanent'

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the United Nations on Thursday that US-brokered peace talks with Israel needed to result in an agreement that permanently resolves all disputes. Duration: 1:18

Sep 26, 2013

Obama raises stakes in debt, spending showdown.

President Barack Obama Thursday warned he would never allow Republicans to kill or delay his health care law, raising the stakes in a showdown that could shutter the government or trigger a US debt default. Duration : 01:32

Sep 26, 2013

Hope to pick up thread from where we left in 1999: Nawaz Sharif on upcoming meet with Manmohan Singh

New York, Sep 25 (ANI): Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he was looking forward to bilateral meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sharif on Wednesday said he hoped to pick up the thread from where the two countries left in 1999.

Sep 25, 2013

Omar Abdullah on VK Singh: Have no financial dealings with Army

Srinagar, Sep 25 (ANI): Breaking his silence over Former Army Chief, General (retd) VK Singh___s allegations Former army chief VK Singh's claim that the army paid ministers in Jammu and Kashmir to "keep people together", State Chief, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that ministers in the state had no financial dealings with the Army.

Sep 25, 2013

Advaniji is everyone's 'margdarshak': Narendra Modi

Bhopal, Sep 25 (ANI): In a show of unity, Gujarat Chief and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 polls, Narendra Modi called veteran party leader Lal Krishna Advani the "margdarshak" of the BJP and touched his feet publically at a Bhopal rally on Wednesday.

Sep 25, 2013