Ban Ki-moon to set up Gaza conflict inquiry
BBC Online :UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is setting up an inquiry into attacks on UN facilities during Israel’s recent offensive in...
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Black money issue / Don’t try to blackmail us, Congress warns govt
TNN, New Delhi :Congress on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on finance minister Arun Jaitley over his remarks that disclosure of names of those holding...
Hunt for 43 students highlights Mexico’s missing
AP, Mexico :Long before 43 teachers, college students disappeared in an attack by police, Maria Guadalupe Orozco’s son went missing in the same southern Mexico...
Watergate scandal disclosure dies
Al-jazeera.com :Ben Bradlee, who oversaw the Washington Post’s reporting on the Watergate scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon, has died at the age...
Protests at HK leader’s home after fruitless talks
Reuters, Hong Kong :About 200 Hong Kong protesters marched to the home of the city’s Beijing-backed leader on Wednesday to push their case for greater...
Cuban medics head for Liberia to fight Ebola
Al-Jazeera.com :Monrovia, Liberia – A Cuban medical team is set to arrive in Liberia to help tackle the spread of the Ebola virus, the foreign...
3 year old Indian girl raped in school
BBC Online :Indian police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in her school in the city of Bangalore.The child returned from school...
Qadri supporters end Islamabad sit-in
Agency :While Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri called off his dharna after 69 days, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan announced on Tuesday to...
5 Bangladeshi nationals killed in UAE road crash
Five Bangladeshi nationals have been killed in a road crash in the United Arab Emirates’ Mecca city. The incident took place in the city’s Jabal...
4 killed in Munshiganj road crash
At least four passengers, including two children, of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed as a truck ran over it on Wednesday noon. The incident took...