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Published Date : 2012-05-19
Published By: Surgar5
Indian police have charged two Italian marines with the murder of two Indian fishermen.The marines are accused of shooting the two fishermen dead in February after allegedly mistaking them for pirates.Italy has recalled its ambassador for consultations. It says the incident took place in international waters and that the men should be tried in Italy.The marines were guarding an Italian oil tanker off India's south-western coast when the incident occurred.The marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - are being held in the central prison in the Keralan state capital, Trivandrum.
Italy agreed in April to pay 10m rupees (£117,013; 143,203 euros; $189,000) in ..... read
published : 2012-05-16
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is set to be at this weekend's Nato summit on Afghanistan. The Pakistani embassy in Washington told the ..... read
published : 2012-05-12
Srinagar, India (CNN) -- The Indian army said it gunned down five militants and foiled an infiltration bid near the border line that divides ..... read
published : 2012-05-10
Editor's note: CNN does not usually reveal the identities of women and girls who allege they have been raped, but this young woman wanted to be ..... read
published : 2012-05-08
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after its reporter was expelled.China's decision not to renew the ..... read
published : 2012-05-06
Saudi Arabia has announced it will reopen its embassy in Cairo after it was shut last week following protests.The Saudi ambassador was recalled after ..... read
published : 2012-05-03
An international human rights group has accused the Syrian military of committing war crimes just before a ceasefire came into effect on 12 ..... read
published : 2012-05-02
The Dubai Municipality on Tuesday said it has launched efforts to avoid an oil spill and pollution in Dubai Creek after a cargo boat caught fire for ..... read
published : 2012-05-01
(CNN) -- If international efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program fail, any military action against Tehran should be led not by Israel, but by ..... read
published : 2012-04-29
(CNN) -- Two gunmen attacked a governor's compound in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two police officers, the interior ministry ..... read
published : 2012-04-29
(CNN) -- Two gunmen attacked a governor's compound in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two police officers, the interior ministry ..... read
published : 2012-04-26
(CNN) -- A small group of observers resumed the United Nations' mission to monitor a truce in Syria that was tenuous from the start and showed ..... read
published : 2012-04-25
Hong Kong hospitals will limit maternity services to women arriving from mainland China to give birth from next year, under new proposals from its ..... read
published : 2012-04-24
The massive fire that gutted Al Baker Tower 4 in the Taawun area of Sharjah earlier this year was caused by a cigarette butt, as was the case with ..... read
published : 2012-04-23
India and Pakistan are hoping that increased trade can help ease tensions between the South Asian neighbors after political efforts to end ..... read
published : 2012-04-22
The authorities in Bahrain say they are confident the Formula 1 Grand Prix will not be disrupted by protests.The heavily-guarded race track has been ..... read
published : 2012-04-19
A Chinese fisherman has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for stabbing a South Korean coast guard to death in December 2011.Cheng Dawei was also ..... read
published : 2012-04-18
Syrian security forces are carrying out deadly attacks on opposition-held areas in the north and south and continuing to bombard Homs, activists ..... read
published : 2012-04-17
ISLAMABAD – A brazen, 18-hour attack allegedly carried out by Pakistan-based militants on targets in the Afghan capital, including the ..... read
published : 2012-04-16
The first UN monitors have arrived in Syria, as part of a peace deal aimed at ending over a year of violence.UN peacekeeping spokesman Kieran Dwyer ..... read
published : 2012-04-16
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- After months of tension and frustration, key world powers and Iran sounded more optimistic Saturday after ..... read
published : 2012-04-15
The first discussions between Iran and six world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme have ended on a positive note, Western officials have ..... read