Tel Aviv: United States President Barack Obama arrived onboard Air Force One at the airport of Tel Aviv in Israel on Wednesday, starting his first visit as US president to the Jewish nation that is a staunch ally.

Obama will spend three days in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, before flying back to the US on Friday. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the Iranian nuclear program are expected to top the agenda of his Mideast visit, reported the sources.

The first leg of Obama's regional tour is seen aimed at "warming up" the Israeli people with him.

According to...

London: The fearless teenage Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by the anti-human groups of Taliban for raising voice for women education in Pakistan, has completely recovered from her injuries and has started going to school in Britain. She had been diagnosed for her injuries here.

After the incident, the girl became famous across the world as the symbol of peace and...

Washington: Amid a contentious debate over comprehensive immigration reforms, a top Republican senator has introduced a bill to eliminate what he calls "fraud and abuse" from H-1B visa programme coveted by Indian techies.

Introducing a bill to bring "much needed reform" to the H-1B and L visa programmes for skilled workers and corporate transfers respectively, Chuck Grassley, top Republican on...

Dhaka: 83-year-old Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman breathed his last at a hospital in Singapore, said a media report.

Rahman died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore where he was undergoing treatment for respiratory problems and some other complications since March 11, reported thedailystar.net.

Before being flown to Singapore, Zillur was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital...

Baghdad: Extremist group Al Qaeda on Wednesday emerged out responsible for Iraq bombing that killed 52 and injured over 220 people on Tuesday.

The terrorist organization's Iraqi wing through jihadist Internet forums conveyed, "What you received on Tuesday is the first stage that, God willing, will be followed by revenge for those whom you executed."

Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood...

Jakarta: A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Wednesday. Mount Lokon in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing ash up to 2,000 meters high, said a volcanologist.

The eruption took place at 7.57 am, said Kristianto, head of monitoring and search of volcano for eastern Indonesia.

Tourists and locals are not allowed to enter the territory of 2.5 km from the crater, he told.

Mount Lokon has...

London: Britain's Kerry Taylor auction house sold in a public bidding on Tuesday 10 dresses that belonged to the late Princess Diana for 862,800 pounds ($1.3 million).

A midnight blue velvet gown designed by Victor Edelstein that Diana wore at a 1985 White House dinner was the garment that brought the most at the celebrated London auction house: $362,563.

Another velvet dress - this one...

Abuja: On Tuesday, police confirmed that 22 people were killed and 65 injured in a suicide attack in northwest Nigeria on Monday evening. The attack occurred in a motor park area of the Kano state.

According to a top police official, two suicide bombers involved in the attack were among the dead and five commercial luxury buses plying on inter-state routes were affected.

"The two suicide...

Washington: Seven Marines died and many were injured in an explosion during a drill at a Nevada army base in the US Monday night, as per reports.

The blast, which took place at Nevada state's Hawthorne Army Depot, was being investigated and the cause was yet to be ascertained.

The mishap occurred during "a training exercise shortly before 10 pm on Monday, killing seven service members and...

Baghdad: Twenty people were killed and over 90 wounded in a series of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Tuesday, the police said.

In Baghdad, eight car bombs ripped through crowded areas mainly in Shiite districts across the capital, killing 15 people and wounding 73, an interior ministry source told.

Also in the capital, two people were killed when two bombs attached to their cars...