Afghan forces arrest Haqqani militant network leaders
BBC Online :Two senior leaders of the Haqqani militant network have been captured by Afghan security forces, officials say.The group has been behind many of...
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Major Ebola outbreak in West ‘unlikely’: WHO
BBC Online :A major outbreak of Ebola in the US and elsewhere in the West is unlikely given the strong health systems, the World Health...
UN says rebels kill 9, kidnap 47 in Congo
AP, Kinshasa :There has been a resurgence of rebel activity in northeast Congo with gunmen killing nine people and another group kidnapping 47, a U.N....
IS ‘retreating’ from Kobane town
BBC Online :Islamic State militants are retreating in parts of the northern Syrian town of Kobane in the face of US-led air strikes, a Kurdish...
Search for trekkers missing in Nepal after blizzards
BBC Online :Rescue teams are searching for at least 70 people missing along Nepal’s Himalayan hiking routes, after nine bodies were recovered on Wednesday.There are...
Myanmar jails 3 journalists for leadership report
AP, Yangon :A Myanmar court has sentenced a media owner, publisher and three journalists to two years in prison in the latest ruling to raise...
Govt ready for talks with HK protesters
BBC online :Hong Kong’s government is ready for new talks with student protesters next week, its chief executive has said.CY Leung was speaking after scuffles...
Tulsi – mother of herbal drugs
Life Desk :Tulsi is also known as the queen of herbs. Due to its holistic properties Tulsi is widely used in many ayurvedic and naturopathic...
Tobacco: Sexually transmitted infection risk
Life Desk :People who use tobacco are more susceptible to oral human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), which is a sexually transmitted infection, revealed a new...