NEW YORK: In an unusual gesture, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley issued a public apology for the attack by police on an Indian man that left him partially paralysed. “Please accept our sincere apology for this tragic incident to your government, (Sureshbhai) Patel and the citizens of India who live andRead More

GENEVA:  Investigators launched a search today of British banking giant HSBC’s Geneva offices as part of a money laundering probe following allegations the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes, Swiss prosecutors said. “Following the recent revelations related to the HSBC Private Bank (Switzerland), the public prosecutor announcesRead More

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the Customs Department to release copies of the Frontline issue dated February 6, which were impounded on January 25, because it had carried an interview with LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran done in 1987. On Wednesday, the media quoted the Prime Minister’sRead More

WASHINGTON: Top American diplomats including US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma will participate in the Aero India show beginning today in Bengaluru, as part of their efforts to promote bilateral defense ties. “Building on President (Barack) Obama’s successful visit to India last month, top US officials will promote US-IndiaRead More

YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar granted its military unprecedented powers to deal with fighting between ethnic minority rebels and government troops in the Kokang region, after week-long clashes left dozens of soldiers dead and sent tens of thousands of refugees fleeing to neighboring China. Two announcements, signed by Myanmar President Thein Sein,Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: At least 16 people were killed early Tuesday in the Haitian capital after a man on top of a musical group’s Carnival float was shocked by high-voltage wires above the street, setting off a panic in which dozens of people were trampled, officials said. The accident occurred asRead More

COLOMBO: In a major purge of the Sri Lankan Foreign Office, the new Maithripala Sirisena government has sacked 50 non-career diplomats appointed by the previous regime on political and other non-professional grounds. The purge covers 27 Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Heads of Missions; three Consuls General and 23 others. AmongRead More

COLOMBO:For the first time in the seven-year history of the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC), the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be taking up ministerships in the multi-ethnic province. TNA MP from Batticaloa district, P Ariyanenthiran, told Express on Tuesday, that the party has accepted an invitation by the Sri LankaRead More

COLOMBO:Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has reinstated 10 army officers who were sent on compulsory leave in 2010, for  allegedly siding with former Army Commander Gen Sarath Fonseka, then accused of trying to stage a military coup against President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The reinstated officers are: Maj Gen Mahesh  Senanayake, BrigRead More

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is making an ambitious bid to place itself at the center of the fight against extremism across the Middle East. Beyond fighting militants in its own Sinai Peninsula, it is trying to organize an international coalition against the Islamic State in Libya and helping Saudi ArabiaRead More