Tens of thousands of protesters Sunday took to streets in nine Yemeni provinces to demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s speech April 15, during which he called on the opposition to reject the mixing of men and women who were unrelated in protests, Xinhua reported.…

The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, the level of which has been raised from five to seven, the worst on an international scale, may ultimately exceed the level of Chernobyl, the plant’s operator said Tuesday.Authorities have been battling to keep the power…

Eleven people were killed in a blast that hit Belarusian capital Minsk’s Oktyabrskaya metro station Monday, said President Alexander Lukashenko while describing the blast as “a serious challenge” to the nation.Some 40 people were hospitalised after the explosion, which occurred at 5.55 p.m. local time…

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolted the eastern and northeastern regions of Japan Monday, immediately after which a tsunami alert was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The quake struck at 5.16 p.m. (0816 GMT), Xinhua reported.The epicentre, at a depth of 10 km, was near…

A total of 25 Libyan tanks were destroyed in NATO airstrikes Sunday, the officer commanding the alliance’s operation said.The tanks were destroyed near the eastern town of Ajdabiya and the western city of Misrata.“The situation in Ajdabiya, and Misrata in particular is desperate…

A tsunami alert was issued after a 7.4-magnitude undersea quake jolted the Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Japan late Thursday. There was no immediate word of damage or casualties, Xinhua reported.The quake occurred at 23.32 p.m. Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It issued a…

The Russia-NATO Council will discuss the current state of affairs in Libya and ways to resolve the ongoing conflict Tuesday in Brussels.Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said late last week that the Council will meet “to confirm the limits that the UN Security…

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Miyagi prefecture and its vicinity in northeastern Japan Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The agency issued a tsunami alert for the Pacific coast of the prefecture following the quake, which occurred at 7. 24 a.m. (local time) However,…

Levels of radioactive materials detected in a reactor building at a stricken nuclear plant in northeastern Japan were 10 million times above normal level, the operator said Sunday.Tokyo Electric Power Co said radiated water was in the basement of the turbine building attached to…

External power reached all six reactors Tuesday at a damaged nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, 11 days after an earthquake and tsunami rocked the region, raising hopes that meltdowns could be averted, a news report said.External power began to be hooked up to…