Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State is meeting Russian leaders to seek support for a tougher standpoint on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme. Hillary Clinton during her visit in Moscow a five-day European tour said in discussion with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that she has warned the world not to wait indefinitely for proof that Iran is not making nuclear weapons.

Mrs. Clinton has been invited to meet and discuss Mr. Medvedev at his private residence in the suburbs of capital city that can provide a more relaxed setting for discussions. Secretary of state comes at the crucial moment in relations between United States and Russia. Russia has traditionally opposed tougher sanctions on Iran however; Mr. Medvedev has appeared to shift his attitude after the revelation that Tehran had a second convert uranium facility. Barack Obama has pledged to reset relations with Russia during their visit held in the month of July. Since then Mr Obama has met a key Russian demand to scrap plan to deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in Czech Republic as part of US missile system in Europe. US officials wants Russia to support or at least not oppose the idea of UN Security Council imposing tougher sanction on Iran if they fails to live up to its international obligations. Hillary Clinton is supposed to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. She also visited Switzerland, UK, and Ireland as a part of European Tour.

Thousands of gay men and lesbians marched through the Washington Monument to demand greater civil rights. Protest took place after US President Barack Obama opposition to the military’s don’t ask, don’t tell policy. Earlier President projected to speak to the Human Rights Campaign on issues affecting the gay community. Obama cancelled ban on gay people serving openly in the military.

Obama’s slow functioning to act on gay rights disappoints ample of protestors. During the presidential campaign, Obama promised he would request Congress to reverse the don’t ask, don’t tell policy in military. This policy permits gay people to join and serve military if they do not reveal their sexual orientation. Joel Freedman a protestor said the policy is ridiculous which does not allow full equality in spite of working hard to support the country. State department has allowed married gay and lesbian couples to obtain passports with their married names however; president has been criticized for the speedy removal of legal restrictions on same-sex partnerships, which limits local and federal bodies can recognize gay partnerships and benefits. Protestors mentioned the march as spontaneous, organized by text messages and social networking sites. Marchers waving rainbow colored flags were in no mood to wait, few marchers wore purple T-shirts, encouraging legalize gay. Marchers said LGBT community is not satisfied with a piecemeal approach to civil rights. They were demanding for full federal equality, singling out marriage, adoption, military services.

Death toll of earthquake affected on Indonesian Island of Sumatra already went up to more than 1,000 and it is expected to rise. Rescuers team is struggling  to remove thousands trapped inside after the magnitude quake struck close to city of Padang the capital of West Sumatra province.

Siti Fadilah Supari Indonesian Health Minister has requested foreign countries aid in digging out thousands trapped under rubble and providing skilled rescuers equipments as they are struggling to pull out the victims. Rescue workers brought a giant excavator to find children trapped beneath three-storey school. Report says 60 children were in the building when it collapsed as per police reports nine children found alive and eight bodies of children found from the wreckages. Part portion of Padang’s main hospital has been collapsed; hundreds of operations are performed in white tents after the quake, some victims with broken bones, limbs completely cut off, fractured skulls said a doctor. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesian President flew to the region and stayed overnight to help and rescue the victims. Yenni Suriyani from Catholic Relief Services said already one team of rescuers has been sent to the areas and more rescuers will be send by this weekend. The main airport reopened aid supplies, rescue team are arriving and in many areas the access is difficult says reporters. Foreign Minister of Australia Stephen Smith sending aid supplies and a rescue team along with 10 engineering specialists. There is a report more than 100 Australian are victims of quake as Padang is a popular destination for surfers. Apart from that, other countries around the world are sending aid counting UK, South Korea, and Japan. Barack Obama US president has promised to support the victims and provide sufficient aid has part of his childhood were spent in Indonesia.

Lethal tsunami hit South Pacific island of Samoa and American Samoa killing not less than 85 people including US territory. It has washed away local villages and holiday resorts and thousands of people are been left dispossessed and missing in that terrain.

An earthquake with the magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3 set off creating tsunami waves up to the height of 20- 15 feet high in the shore of Samoa and some areas of the island including American Samoa. Samoa islands encompass of two separate unit, the nation of Samoa and a US territory named American Samoa with the total population of not less than 250,000 people. As per the recent report, around 65 people are killed and 145 injured mentioned general manager of health service. Barack Obama US president stated it as major tragedy for American Samoa and permitting for federal financial support for the victims made accessible. US military aircraft will be send to Honolulu for providing aids to the victims of South Pacific islands. Damage in property was rigorous; cars floating everywhere, waves wiped away the low-lying areas in Samoan islands said Mr. Faleomavaega. He added saying tsunami hit within minutes sending off no time for people to escape and there was no acceptable warning given to the people. Victims are supposed to rise as people arriving from other coastal areas said Dr Lemalu Fiu. Quite a few foreign tourists counting from Australia and New Zealand believed to be amongst the dead. Secretary General Talutala Mauala reported during her visit of south coast that many were wounded, damage in full extent, dead bodies everywhere, and reports of missing bodies to be found as most of the houses were swept by sea.

A roadside bomb smashed and blew up passenger bus on highway southern city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Zalmai Ayoubi spokesperson of provincial government said it killed not less than 12 civilians counting women and children.

Homemade weapon are becoming the dangerous weapon used by insurgents for fighting and  attacking western and Afghan government forces and military, however there is an assumption that Taliban insurgents has planted the bomb because a similar blast happened in Maywand district killing three civilians. During such attack, civilians are killed more than troops. Wounded has been taken to military camp for medications. Around 1,500 civilians are killed by such attack in Afghanistan this year however 68 percent of civilians killing happens due to militant attack and 28 percent are killed by Afghan, US military and foreign troops led by NATO. At present there are 100,000 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan from that more than 60,000 are Americans. Military commander Gen Stanley Mc Chrystal has urged for more soldiers however US administration including Barack Obama need to decide and review the strategy. Increasing military victims lead to destabilized public support for this operation in some Western countries. Even European nation are waiting for US to take initiative of sending and increasing the troops.

Barack Obama US president stated to head of Israeli and Palestinian to act with a sense of urgency to start again with the caught up peace talks. US president was communicating with both leaders of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister in New York.

This meeting bought two leaders together for the first time ever since Israeli Prime Minister came into power. Mr Obama described peace talk as national interest of US and described as frank yet productive talk before hosting trilateral meeting. He added saying its high time to move forward and talk about permanent negotiations George Mitchell representative of US Middle East uttered resolution of Israeli settlements from West Bank is not the prerequisite of talk. Mitchell added saying meeting had been pleasant and at times dull too but both leaders accepted the necessity of moving quickly. Our aim was to reestablish negotiations and provide a hope of success. Mitchell said considerably and drastically they are trying to reduce the disagreement and hope to complete in near future. Israel is repetitively denying the demand of total freeze on settlement building. Mr. Netanyahu uttered general agreement of peace process should start again as soon as possible. Member of Israeli and Palestinian said they did not anticipate for any certain expansion. Difference over the settlements has hindered every effort to restart the peace talk. Some Israelites denied as Palestinian and US representative said to halt the construction of settlements in West Bank before a new round of peace talk happen. Mr. Netanyahu formerly presented a temporary freeze for few months however not where houses are already been sanctioned and in East Jerusalem.

Gordon Brown UK Prime Minister expected to hold conversation with Israeli corresponding person Benjamin Netanyahu on the prospect of Middle East peace process. Through a Downing Street conference, Mr. Brown is expected to thrust for a stop to the development of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory.

Mr. Netanyahu is supposed to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Middle East peace representative George Mitchell. Israeli leader is taking part in a four-day tour of Europe. He arrived in UK on Monday. Mr. Brown has frequently call out for a freeze on settlements, cautioning that this issue is an obstruction to peace in Middle East. “Road Map” agreement one of the key elements of 2003 aimed at securing peace need to be delayed. Israeli PM will meet US President Barack Obama’s representative in London. Mr Obama is functioning on the Middle East peace plan it would be revealed by this autumn. Mr. Netanyahu said he would not anything to compromise Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, part of which is also claimed by the Palestinians as a capital. Mr Netanyahu pointed out caught up peace talks between his government and the Palestinians could recommences by September.

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence criminal for the Pan Am 103 bombing is set free from prison under compassionate reason. In Tripoli, huge mass welcomed him willingly, but the relatives of those who died in the bombing of US plane over Lockerbie expressed fury because as the offender of crucial attack was given warm welcome in Libya.

The son of the Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi depicted his discharge a daring step taken by Scotland and Britain. Angry response was not only pertaining from families of those killed in the bombing, but also from US President Barack Obama. 270 people who died when Pan Am Flight blew up over Lockerbie in the year 1988 were more of Americans. Mr Obama supposed Megrahi’s eight years into his life sentence was a mistake. Obama administration had informed Libyan regime that Megrahi who is suffering from terminal cancer, should not be given a conqueror’s welcome and should be sited under house arrest. Hundred’s of public evicted to meet Megrahi, plane landed in Tripoli many people were waving flag. Col Gaddafi’s son met Megrahi, who had changed from tracksuit he wore to leave Greenock prison in Scotland into a dark suit.  Seif al-Islam Gaddafi did mention thank to Scottish government for its courageous decision and understanding human situation. His description statements also stated there was a substantial amount of new evidences to prove Megrahi was innocent. Megrahi went to his family home where his wife, Aisha was overjoyed to see her husband. Aisha did reveal that it is a great moment, for which they were waiting for nine years. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has always denied the charges against him

However, the relatives of those who died uttered rising rage and annoyance at the judgment to release him. Susan Cohen of New Jersey whose 20 years old daughter Theodora died in the bombing told a news agency, it was so sickening and she can hardly find words to describe it. However, even some relatives reacted in a different way to the news. A British relative Dr Jim Swire who had lost his daughter Flora restated his view that Megrahi had “nothing to do with” the bombing.

Megrahi was offender of slay in January 2001 at a trail held under Scottish law in Netherlands, but he has always deprived of being behind the bombing. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill proclaims the release order stating most likely, he had about three months to live. The fact that Megrahi did not show any compassion to the victims was not a reason for us to disagree with him and his family members during his ending days said the Scottish justice. BBC’s Christian Fraser in Tripoli said that in a short time,

Were he is left to live, is portrayed as a national hero in Libya.

US President, Barack Obama, since taking charge of office has on his premier visit to the Sub-Saharan Africa stated that Africa must take hold of its own fate in the world. The US President’s visit came after his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI just hours subsequent to the conclusion of the G8 summit in Italy.

During his one day visit to Ghana where he met President John Atta Mills, the US president accentuated that Africa was a significant part of the world affairs, with what occurring here having an equivalent effect all over the world.

Ghana was the preferred destination by Obama due to its powerful democratic record. Addressing the parliament soon after meeting up with the President Mills, Mr. Obama admitted that the bequest of colonialism has aided in fuelling the clash on the continent. He further mentioned that the West were not liable for the devastation in the Zimbabwean economy in the past decade or the conflicts wherein the children are recruited as fighters.

Mr.Obama was all praises at Ghana’s growth, governance and economic development, calling attention to the much needed, good governance to facilitate development, which is a responsibility to be taken up Africans.

Mr. Obama laid stress on four crucial areas to the future of Africa and the whole developing world were democracy, ample opportunity, health care and peaceable means of resolving conflicts.

He summoned for strong parliament, non-corrupt police, autonomous judiciary system and liberated press throughout Africa.

He vowed to carry on significant US assistance towards public healthcare programmes in Africa, highlighting the need for prudent utilization of innate resources like oil in the wake of threatened climatic changes.

Mr.Obama expressed that a major section of Africans had invariable conflict-ridden lives. He urged the people to become aware, hold their leadership responsible and to put together organizations that truly deliver. Mr.Obama stated freedom was Africa’s birthright and pushing for means to make the continent disease and conflict-free, thus hailing in long prevailing amends.

He concluded the speech with his trademark saying ‘Yes you can’. Obama will be joined by his wife, Michelle, where they will later pay a visit to the Gold Coast Castle, a sea bordering fort that was altered to the slave trade during British rule in the seventeenth century.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hit an introductory pact on Monday , that ensued after three hours of discussion held in Kremlin, to cut down their respective stash of nuclear missiles to as low as 1500, targeting the least echelon that any US –Russia arms pact has ever achieved. The endeavour also entrusts the new deal to reduce the respective nation’s long range projectiles for conveying nuclear bombs to be in the range of 500-1100.

The notable deal being Obama’s premier one in Russia, was signed between the two leaders during the Moscow summit as a means to direct envoys while the nations progress towards a substitute deal as the currently existing START arms control agreement nullifies in December. The present agreement permits an upper limit of 2,200 weapons and 1,600 launch platforms. According to a statement issued by the White House, the new-fangled agreement incorporates able corroboration measures to augment defence, whilst doubling up to offer logicality and constancy in tactical offensive power.

Conscious measures to bridge the gap between the two countries were evident by the deal in which Moscow would permit US to move weaponry across its soil and space to Afghanistan. This comes as a windfall as it would aid in saving precious US $ 133million annually by means of relinquishing of transit fees and decreased flight time.

Obama requires Russia’s aid in creating pressure on North Korea and Iran to forego their nuclear warhead aspirations and thus effectively dealing with global warming, terror campaigns and in reviving economy.