AHN News Staff Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The president, vice president and senate president of the Philippines got high approval ratings in a Pulse Asia survey released Monday. Only four other key officials received high approval ratings in the survey done the last week of October with 1,200 respondents. President Benigno Aquino III [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Monday stressed national “solidarity with our South Korean and Japanese allies and noted that these consultations demonstrate the strength of our shared commitment to advancing regional security and stability.” In a post-meeting statement National Security Council Deputy Spokesman Ben [...]

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Anger is growing throughout Britain over the refusal by the Financial Services Authority to publish the result of its investigation of the Royal Bank of Scotland failure. The FSA commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to probe the RBS, which needed a $67.5 billion (GBP 45 billion) government bailout after [...]

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Air Force has completed a 7-month flight test for what is believed to be a futuristic space fighter plane after the unmanned spacecraft left its orbit and landed at a California airbase on Friday. The spacecraft dubbed X-37B or [...]

AHN News Staff Mumbai, India (AHN) – India is set to gate-crash into the exclusive three-member club of nuclear triads by 2012 with its first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, which is to be commissioned in either late 2011 or early 2012. Arihant means “destroyer of enemies” in the Hindi language. Only three countries in the [...]

AHN News Staff Ankara, Turkey (AHN) – In an effort to help Israel control its continuing blaze, which has spread through northern parts of the country, Turkey has offered to put aside its differences and sent firefighting aircraft. European nations such as Greece, Spain and Cyprus have also offered their help. The Turkish help came [...]

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans have increased an average of 41 percent nationwide between 2003 and 2009, according to a new study. The report, by the health care advocacy group Commonwealth Fund, states that while premiums spiked, individuals’ insurance plans bought less [...]

AHN News Staff Srinagar, India (AHN) – Chief Minister of the beleaguered Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, has written a complaining letter to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the Indian Army’s very public criticism of his government and constant interference into the state policy issues. Omar’s letter to the PM [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The State Department on Tuesday rubbished voices in the blogosphere calling for ouster of the top U.S. diplomat in the light of damaging reports from leaked State Department cables published by WikiLeaks. The leaked cables have noted request from Secretary of State Hillary [...]

AHN News Staff Moscow, Russian Federation (AHN) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Europe could end up in a new arms race in the following decade if Moscow fails to reach an accord on missile defense cooperation with the West. His comments came during a state-of-the-nation speech in Kremlin on Tuesday. The president received [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the legislative election process in Egypt as reports of irregularities emerged in the absence of international monitoring. Commenting on “the conduct during and leading up to Egypt’s Nov. 28 legislative elections,” National Security Council spokesman [...]