West hesitates on Syria response as Russia warns of `war`
AFP, Washington :Western powers continued to weigh their options on Friday over possible strikes against Syria’s regime as pressure built to avoid an escalation following...
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China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions
AP, Beijing :China announced it will hold live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan’s government.The announcement...
Turkey orders detention of 70 army officers over Gulen links
Reuters, Istanbul :Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 70 serving army officers over alleged links to the U.S.-based preacher accused of orchestrating an attempted coup...
West hesitates on Syria response as Russia warns of `war`
AFP, Washington :Western powers continued to weigh their options on Friday over possible strikes against Syria’s regime as pressure built to avoid an escalation following...
China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions
AP, Beijing :China announced it will hold live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan’s government.The announcement...
Pope acknowledges his ‘grave mistakes’ in Chile sex abuse crisis
Reuters, Vatican City :Pope Francis acknowledged on Wednesday that he had made “grave mistakes” in the handling of a sexual abuse crisis in Chile, saying...
Gaza`s hospitals taxed by wounded from Israeli fire
AP, Gaza City :Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in two weeks of border violence are severely taxing the coastal strip’s hospitals.Palestinian health...
Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics
AP, Srinagar :The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family’s ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the Himalayan foothills...
UN warns against letting Syria crisis ‘spiral’ out of control
AFP, Washington :The United Nations warned world powers against letting the crisis over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria from “spiraling out of...
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US House speaker Paul Ryan to quit in JanuaryReuters, WashingtonUS House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, dealing a blow to the Republican Party just months...
Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics
AP, Srinagar :The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family’s ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the Himalayan foothills...
Australian Muslim activist ‘kicked out of US’
AFP, Sydney :A high-profile Australian author and Muslim activist was refused entry to the United States Thursday and put on a plane home after arriving...