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Russia threatens to block airspace over Ukraine

Russia threatens to block airspace over Ukraine

Russia has warned that it could block international flights through its airspace if the EU goes ahead with new sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.The EU is expected to announce shortly whether further sanctions will...

A Kashmiri man evacuates an elderly woman to a higher ground at a flooded road in Srinagar.

Floods ravage Kashmir: Indo-Pak leaders lower cudgel

Reuters, Srinagar :The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have offered to help each other in efforts to alleviate flood havoc in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, lowering tension between the rival nations...

Child marriage worse than rape: Delhi court

Child marriage worse than rape: Delhi court

PTI, New Delhi :Child marriage “is an evil worse than rape” and should be completely eradicated from society, said a Delhi court while ordering registration of a case against a girl’s parents for getting...

A Pakistani army soldier and volunteers use a boat in floodwater to rescue people after heavy monsoon rains in Wazirabad, some 100 kilometers (65 miles) north of Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday.

Ukraine truce shaken by new shelling

There has been fresh shelling near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, raising fears that a 36-hour-old ceasefire is near to collapse.The truce held for much of Saturday but overnight shelling in Mariupol, which killed...

Kejriwal to meet President to stop BJP in Delhi

Kejriwal to meet President to stop BJP in Delhi

Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :A day after reports suggested that Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has sought President Pranab Mukherjee’s permission to invite the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the government in Delhi,...

A Kashmiri woman cries as she looks at a road covered with floodwater in Srinagar.

Pakistan, Kashmir hit by floods

Al-Jazeera.com :Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed 110 people and injured 148 across Pakistan, while nearly 100 have died in Indian-administered Kashmir, as officials warn of more rain in coming days.Ahmad Kamal,...

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, Romanian President Traian Basescu, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and British RAF Group Captain David Bentley watch a flypast on the second day of a NATO summit at the Celti

NATO ready to join US against IS

A coalition of Nato allies is ready to join the United States in military action against Islamic State (IS), US President Obama has announced.Speaking at the Nato summit in Wales, he said that a...