World leaders vow to push French-led ME peace plan
AFP, Paris :The international community committed Friday to try and push Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks under a French-led initiative, despite a...
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Paris museums on alert as flood chaos hits France, Germany
AFP, Paris :Floods in Germany and France have killed at least 10 people and forced thousands from their homes, officials said Thursday as Paris’ Louvre...
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Amnesty tells EU to halt ‘illegal’ refugee returns to TurkeyAP, Istanbul Amnesty International on Friday urged the European Union to stop plans to return asylum-seekers...
Trump fires back: ‘Hillary has to go to jail’
AP, San Jose :Hours after Hillary Clinton called him “unfit” to represent the nation’s interests around the world, Donald Trump lambasted his likely Democratic presidential...
3 dead, 302 people rescued from migrant boat in Greece
AP, Athens :Three bodies were recovered and 302 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a “significant number” of people in the Mediterranean...
Clashes erupt during eviction drive in North India; 24 dead
AP, Mathura :Police efforts to evict thousands of people squatting in a makeshift protest camp in the heart of a north Indian city ended in...
Japanese boy who went missing in forest found
BBC online :A boy missing in remote woods in Japan since Saturday after being left alone by his parents as punishment has been found alive...
France urges Israel and Palestinians to make `courageous choice`
AFP, Paris :French President Francois Hollande urged Israel and the Palestinians to make a “courageous choice” for peace as he opened a conference on the...
Donald Trump is a `fraud`: Hillary Clinton
AP, Washington :Hillary Clinton is calling Donald Trump a fraud, claiming he’s trying to scam Americans the way he scammed students who enrolled in his...
Dilma Rousseff confident as impeachment trial begins
Al Jazeera, Brasilia :Suspended president tells Al Jazeera she will fight to the end charges of manipulating budget during election campaign.Dilma Rousseff, the suspended Brazilian...
UN strongly condemns failed North Korea’s missile test
AFP, Washington :The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest attempted missile launches and urged world governments to ramp up efforts to...
India court convicts 24 over Gujarat riots massacre
BBC, New Delhi :A court in India has found 24 people guilty of involvement in one of the most notorious massacres during the 2002 anti-Muslim...