HRW director barred from Egypt
BBC Online :The executive director of Human Rights Watch and another senior staff member have been denied entry to Egypt.Kenneth Roth and Sarah Leah Whitson...
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Erdogan wins Turkey presidential election
Reuters, Ankara :Turkey’s ruling party begins deliberations on the shape of the next government on Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan secured his place in...
Air strikes in Iraq effective: US
AFP, Sydney :Air strikes aimed at halting the advance of Sunni Islamic State militants in Iraq have been effective and the US is open to...
Kosovo arrest 40 for fighting in Iraq, Syria
Reuters, Pristina :Kosovo police arrested 40 men on Monday on suspicion of having fought with Islamist insurgents in Syria and Iraq, a crackdown aimed at...
Modi to cleanse Gandhi family legacy, to rename Indira Awas Yojna?
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :In what is likely to be perceived as the new BJP dispensation’s attempt towards removing the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty names from...
Ukraine shell blast sparks Donetsk jailbreak
BBC Online :An artillery shell landed in a high-security prison in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, sparking a riot in which 106 inmates...
Crisis so dire, families are fleeing to Syria
CNN :A crisis so dire that families are fleeing to Syria. A militant threat so strong that US forces are striking from the sky. And...
Life stirs in Gaza as new truce takes hold
AFP, Gaza City :A 72-hour ceasefire took hold in Gaza Monday, as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators headed to Cairo in search of a long-term solution...
Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire holds
A fresh three-day ceasefire agreed between Israel and Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza was holding on Monday. The agreement, which began at midnight (21:00 GMT...
PK posters finally ‘clothed’
The posters of forthcoming film PK showing Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan virtually nude, finally got some clothes here yesterday.Vile Parle Congress legislator Krishna Hegde ‘dressed’...