Palash Ghosh

As part of the resignation of the Syrian government cabinet, President Bashar al-Assad has named outgoing Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otari as caretaker prime minister until a new government is named, the state-controlled Syrian news agency stated.

Mar 29, 2011

About 4,000 bodies remain unidentified in the three prefectures at the very center of the March 11 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe, according to Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA).

Mar 29, 2011

The Syrian cabinet has resigned in the face of unyielding anti-government protests, according to state-controlled television.

Mar 29, 2011

The much-criticized operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), may become nationalized when the government completes its review of the utility’s handling of the ongoing crisis.

Mar 29, 2011

In response to the large numbers of North Africans continuing to swarm into the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, local fishermen have barricaded the entrance of to the harbor with seagoing vessels seized from the migrants in order to stop anymore boats from coming ashore.

Mar 28, 2011

The tiny Persian Gulf state of Qatar has become the first Arab nation to recognize the rebels of Libya as representing that country’s legitimate ruling body.

Mar 28, 2011

A new biography of Mohandas Gandhi has sparked outrage in India because it depicts the Mahatma as a racist and a bisexual.

Mar 28, 2011

Following a weekend of rioting in central London over proposed spending cuts by the government, Scotland Yard has warned that terrorists, anarchists, anti-monarchists and others may try to disrupt the Royal Wedding later this month between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Mar 28, 2011

Here is the latest update from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant in northeastern Japan.

Mar 28, 2011

Libyan rebels who are seeking to capture the city of Sirte are facing a frenzied defense from government forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi for the town.

Mar 28, 2011

Bahrain has denied media reports that Kuwait will mediate to find a resolution to its domestic political crisis.

Mar 28, 2011

Despite the huge growth in the Latino population in the U.S., that has not translated into significant political power.

Mar 28, 2011

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's deposed president, has been placed under house arrest along with his family, according to a statement from Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

Mar 28, 2011

South Asian rivals India and Pakistan are engaging in their first high-level peace talks since the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008, ahead of a much-anticipated World Cup cricket match next week.

Mar 28, 2011

The first teams of foreign doctors have arrived in Japan to treat victims of the devastating earthquake of two weeks ago after the government lifted its restriction on holders of foreign medical licenses treating Japanese patients.

Mar 28, 2011

Increasing numbers of pregnant women from Tokyo are moving westward into the Kansai area to have their babies due to rising radiation fears.

Mar 28, 2011

In a bizarre event in the ongoing crisis in Libya, a distraught and disturbed Libyan woman sought out western reporters in a Tripoli hotel to claim she had been gang-raped for two days by fifteen members of a paramilitary force loyal to Moammar Gaddafi.

Mar 26, 2011

Libyan rebel forces are reportedly advancing westward to the key city of Brega, after having taken control of oil port Ajdabiya, largely due to air strikes by western coalition forces.

Mar 26, 2011

About twenty people were killed by security forces and snipers in the coastal Syrian town of Latakia as anti-government protesters tried to burn down the local headquarters of the ruling Baath party as well as a police station.

Mar 26, 2011

In the face of unceasing protests in Yemen over the past six weeks, it looks like the country’s besieged President Ali Abdullah Saleh is about to step down.

Mar 26, 2011

Residents of Fukushima Prefecture who live between 20 and 30 kilometers away from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are feeling increasingly isolated, according to Kyodo News.

Mar 26, 2011

Nuclear emergency workers toiling in the quake-stricken power plant at Fukushima are exhibiting extraordinary courage and devotion to their monumental duties.

Mar 26, 2011

Violence has broken out on the streets of central London, England has tens of thousands of people have demonstrated to express their opposition to drastic spending cuts by the British government.

Mar 26, 2011

While Japanese nuclear emergency workers intensify efforts to improve cooling systems and restore electrical power at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant, government officials are deeply concerned about abnormally high levels of radiation detected in the seawater near the site.

Mar 26, 2011

The official death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake-tsunami has now surpassed 10,000, while almost a quarter-million people are sheltered in about 1,900 evacuation centers as of Friday evening, according to the National Police Agency (NPA).

Mar 25, 2011

At least one person has died and more than 100 were injured after an anti-government protest in Amman, Jordan turned violent.

Mar 25, 2011

The Japanese government said it will unveil a plan by April on how it will cope with an expected energy shortage this summer as a result of the destruction of the nuclear plants in Fukushima following the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe.

Mar 25, 2011

According to media reports, at least 20 people were killed in the southern town of Deraa by government troops as part of the state’s brutal crackdown on protesters.

Mar 25, 2011

here is the latest update from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the ongoing nuclear power crisis in Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.

Mar 25, 2011