Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 8 in China
PTI, Beijing :The death toll in the heavy rains triggered by typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 8 today, even as nearly 400 students were rescued from an inundated school in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.Heavy rains...
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Storm hits Philippines, head for Taiwan
Reuters, Manila :Storm Fung-Wong churned towards Taiwan on Saturday after killing at least five people in the Philippines, and forcing some 200,000 people into temporary shelter, including in the capital Manila, to escape massive...
India, China quietly struggle in Indian Ocean
AP, New Delhi :At first glance, it looks like a diplomatic love-fest. There was Chinese President Xi Jinping, toasting the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a quiet dinner earlier this week in...
Shiv Sena-BJP resume talks in bid to save alliance
TNN, Mumbai :The Shiv Sena-BJP seemed to have come back from the brink on Friday. Signalling a thaw in the saffron equations, they resumed their seat-sharing negotiations after a gap of six days which...
I will take back entire Kashmir from India: Bilawal Bhutto
PTI, Islamabad :Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen Next’ politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India.Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers...
Britain must honor pledge to grant Scotland powers: Gordon Brown
Reuters, Edinburgh :Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British leaders on Saturday that they must honor their promise to grant further powers to Scotland after voters backed staying in the United Kingdom in an...
Multiple bombs rock Baghdad: 23 killed
Al-Jazeera.com :Three suicide car bombs were detonated in the Shia Baghdad neighbourhood of Kadhimiya followed by 12 mortar rounds fired from outside the district, killing at least 23 people and wounding 56 people, security...
IS seized villages Hundreds of Syrian Kurds fleeing
Reuters, Dikmetas :Turkey Close to a thousand Syrian Kurds gathered on the border seeking to cross into Turkey on Friday after Islamic State fighters seized 21 villages and besieged a Kurdish city in northern...
France launches first air strikes on IS in Iraq
BBC Online :French jets have carried out their first strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, the office of President Francois Hollande says.A statement said planes had attacked an IS depot in north-east...
Obama hails Congress help for Syria plan
BBC Online :President Obama has said Congress’s backing for his $500m plan to aid moderate Syrian rebels shows the world the US is united against Islamic State.He spoke moments after the US Senate approved...