THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) - (AFP) - Terrified passengers jumped out of a plane in India on Monday after it skidded to halt on landing, trying to escape before emergency ladders were put in place, officials said.
Seven passengers were injured in the pre-dawn incident when the Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala landed badly in wet weather conditions [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iran's oil ministry said on Sunday a five-billion-dollar oil payments dispute with India has been resolved without any interruption of crude exports.
"Following bilateral negotiations, the two sides agreed to settle the outstanding bills as soon as possible," National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) managing director Ahmad Ghalebani told the ministry's website SHANA.
"Part of [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iran said it fired two medium range missile into the Indian Ocean six months ago under the eyes of "American spy planes," local media reported on Saturday, quoting a top military commander.
"In Bahman (Iranian month which runs from January 21 to February 19, two Revolutionary Guard missiles with the range of 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) were fired from Semna [...]
DOHA (AFP) - South Korea marched into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 4-1 defeat of an obdurate India in their final Group C game at a sodden Al Gharafa Stadium on Tuesday.
Beneath pouring rain, the Koreans established a quick-fire 2-0 lead through Ji Dong-Won and Koo Ja-Cheol before striker Sunil Chhetri brought India back into the game from the penalty spot.
Ji swiftly restored the [...]
DOHA (AFP) - South Korea marched into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 4-1 defeat of an obdurate India in their final Group C game at a sodden Al Gharafa Stadium on Tuesday.
Beneath pouring rain, the Koreans established a quick-fire 2-0 lead through Ji Dong-Won and Koo Ja-Cheol before striker Sunil Chhetri brought India back into the game from the penalty spot.
Ji swiftly restored the [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - Indian President Pratibha Patil opened on Tuesday in Dubai a counseling centre for Indians working in the United Arab Emirates, a day after a rights group urged her to address the "abuse" of migrant workers in the Gulf country.
"I am happy to launch today the Indian Workers Resource Centre (IWRC) which apart from assistance including counseling will provide a 24-hour helplin [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel.
"We will soon publish documents on how American enriched nuclear material was provided and transported to the Zionist regime," Jalili said, quoted on state television's website.
Jalili [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said on Tuesday that Iran has attained self-sufficiency in producing petrol, a commodity targeted by world powers in new sanctions imposed against Tehran.
"We have attained daily domestic production of 66.5 million litres of petrol in our refineries," Mirkazemi was quoted as saying on state television's website.
He said Iran previously used to produ [...]
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia fully plans to meet the growing demand for oil driven by China and India, a senior prince and former national intelligence chief said on Tuesday.
"As the demand for oil continues to rise, especially from China and India, the kingdom has every intention of meeting that demand," Prince Turki al-Faisal said in a speech to the Oxford Energy Seminar in Britain.
Sau [...]
BANGALORE: She's India's tennis ace. He's a high-profile Pakistani cricketer. And they're all set to get married in Hyderabad early next month.
Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik are planning a small, private ceremony in Hyderabad, but their match will inevitably generate huge interest in their respective countries.
The couple will be based in Dubai, though Sania will continue to play tennis a [...]
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