Japan to pay $1.5b to climate fund
Reuters, Norway :A promise by Japan on Sunday to give up to $1.5 billion to a UN fund to help poor nations cope with global warming puts the fund within sight of a $10...
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile
PTI, Islamabad :Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear capable ballistic missile with a range of 900 kilometers, days after testing a similar missile capable of hitting targets as far as 1,500 kilometers, bringing many Indian...
Palestinian driver found hanged in Jerusalem bus
Reuters, Jerusalem :A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged inside his vehicle on Monday, an incident Israeli police described as a suicide but which the driver’s family said they believed was an attack.The driver,...
Afghan woman MP survives car attack
BBC Online :A suicide bomber has targeted a prominent female Afghan politician, killing three civilians and wounding others in an attack on a Kabul convoy.Shukria Barakzai, a women’s rights advocate and ally of new...
Ukraine rebel areas to lose state services
BBC Online :Ukraine’s president has ordered the withdrawal of all state services, including funding for hospitals and schools, from rebel-held areas.Petro Poroshenko issued a decree that also asks parliament to revoke a law granting...
G20 summit: Leaders pledge to grow their economies by 2.1 pc
BBC Online :Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has closed the G20 summit by detailing economic pledges agreed by world leaders.The leaders agreed to boost their economies by at least 2.1% by 2018, adding $2...
US cities brace for protests off Ferguson decision
AP, Boston :From Boston to Los Angeles, police departments are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer who killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson,...
Refugees fleeing Boko Haram flood Cameroon camp
AFP, Minawao :Everyday they cross the border from Nigeria on motorbikes, donkeys or even on foot, and all are looking for safe haven from the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.They arrive at the already...
MH17 flight wreckage removal begins in Ukraine
BBC Online :Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials say.The Malaysian Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down...
Romania to elect president to replace Basescu
BBC Online :Voters in Romania are set to elect a new president in a run-off vote which pits the social democrat prime minister against a centre-right candidate.Prime Minister Victor Ponta led in the first...
US military chief says battle with IS starting to turn
Reuters, Baghdad :The United States’ top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday that the momentum in the battle with Islamic State was “starting to turn”, but predicted...
Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas : Erdogan
AFP, Istanbul :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there.”Contacts between Latin America and Islam...