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  • Obama mourns victims of huge tornado

    WASHINGTON, May 21 - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday bemoaned the empty spaces where homes and schools once stood as he vowed to stand with people of Oklahoma, where lives were sliced apart by a huge tornado. Obama said that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)... Read more

  • Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India

    NEW DELHI, May 21 - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. "As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit, the Chinese side is willing to provide... Read more

  • 20 children among 91 dead in US tornado

    WASHINGTON, May 21 - Twenty children were among at least 91 people killed when a powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, tearing down blocks of homes and two schools, local officials said. The state medical examiner's office released the latest death toll... Read more

  • British PM survives gay marriage vote

    LONDON,May 21 - British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a "wrecking amendment" which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory MP Tim Loughton had proposed the amendment saying... Read more

  • Ugandan police raid two newspapers, radio station

    KAMPALA, May 20 - Ugandan police raided two newspaper offices and two radio stations Monday, after reports of a falling out among army generals over whether the president's son is to succeed him. "Police ordered our operations shut down under the pretext of carrying out... Read more

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