International
EU, Iran to hold fresh nuclear talks
AFP, Belgium :EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif on Wednesday in New York for further talks on Tehran’s contested nuclear programme, her spokeswoman said.There will be...
Obama unveils $500m plan to beat Ebola
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has said the US is prepared to take leadership in tackling Ebola, warning that the epidemic in West Africa is “spiralling out of control”.Obama urged a global expanded...
Kashmir flood victims run from pillar to post to for food
PTI, Srinagar :Chaos has hit relief distribution in flood-ravaged Kashmir as some survivors of the natural calamity from the summer capital of the state are running from pillar to post to get food grains...
Suicide bomber kills three NATO troops in Kabul
Reuters, Kabul : A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign troops in an attack on a convoy near the US embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, the NATO-led coalition said, one of the...
India bypoll results: BJP gets jolt in Rajasthan, Gujarat, debut in WB; loses ground in UP
TNN, New Delhi :BJP suffered a jolt in Rajasthan winning just one of the four seats and was losing ground in Uttar Pradesh where Samajwadi Party(SP) was ahead during counting of votes in the...
Suicide bomber kills three NATO troops in Kabul
Reuters, Kabul :A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign troops in an attack on a convoy near the US embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, the NATO-led coalition said, one of the worst...
Bombing kills six cop in Egypt
BBC Online :Six Egyptian policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in the Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian interior ministry says.Two officers were also hurt in the attack, it said.The group was travelling in...
Obama to pledge major Ebola effort
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama will on Tuesday seek to “turn the tide” in the Ebola epidemic by ordering 3,000 US military personnel to West Africa and launching a major health care training...
First US strike under new IS plan
BBC Online :The US has carried out its first air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants under a new strategy to defeat the group.The US military said Monday’s strike had destroyed an IS fighting...
One in nine people in world still famished
AFP, Rome :The number of hungry people in the world has fallen by more than 100 million in the past decade but 805 million people, or one in nine, still do not have enough...