HK protesters scuffle with police overnight
BBC Online :Protesters in Hong Kong have scuffled with police in the first increase in tensions for more than a fortnight.The clashes took place in the Mong Kong area after dozens of people wearing...
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New Nato chief arrives in Kabul
BBC Online :The new Nato Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, has arrived in Afghanistan for his first trip to the country since taking office last month.The former Norwegian prime minister visited a training centre for Afghan...
Israel committed war crimes in Gaza: AI
AFP, Tel Aviv :The Israeli military displayed “shocking disregard” for civilian lives in Gaza during its devastating 50-day war on militants in the Palestinian territory, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday.Israel rejected the...
36 pilot whales die
BBC Online :About 36 pilot whales that had become stranded in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand have died.Two whale pods beached themselves in the Ohiwa harbour on the north-east coast on...
Africa leaders in Burkina for talks
BBC Online :The presidents of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal are to visit Burkina Faso to press the military for a speedy handover of power to a civilian ruler.The African Union (AU) says the army...
Clashes erupt inside al-Aqsa compound
Al-Jazeera.com :Israeli police have clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound after a far-right Jewish group announced plans to visit the site despite weeks of soaring tensions.The planned visit by the...
AI asks Pakistan to protect minority communities
PTI, London :Global rights watchdog Amnesty International has asked Pakistan to bring those responsible for the killing of a Christian couple, accused of blasphemy, to justice.“Those responsible must be brought to justice and the...
Turkish PM accuses Syrian forces of massacre, fears new refugee influx
Reuters, Istanbul :Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused Syrian forces of committing massacres in and around Aleppo and said Turkey would face a major new refugee crisis if Syria’s second city were to...
India withdraws warships from Kolkata port after terror alert
Reuters, New Delhi :India’s navy withdrew two warships from the eastern port of Kolkata on Tuesday after intelligence agencies warned of an attack on the port and the city, police and navy officers said.The...
‘Nine die’ in Saudi gun battles
BBC Online :At least nine people have died in two separate gun battles in Saudi Arabia.In the first incident on Monday, masked gunmen killed at least five people in the town of Dalwah, a...
ISIL fighters make gains in northern Iraq
Al-Jazeera.com :The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has continued to gain ground in northern Iraq despite weeks of US-led air strikes, and is now moving closer to the Iraq-Kurdish city of...
