Ban Ki in diplomatic effort to calm Israeli-Palestinian violence
Reuters, Jerusalem :U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to begin a snap visit on Tuesday to try to stem Israeli-Palestinian violence as Israel issued fresh...
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Canada`s opposition wins historic elections
Al Jazeera News :Justin Trudeau is set to become Canada’s new prime minister after his Liberal Party swept to power in general elections, ending nearly...
Delhi Uber driver found guilty of raping passenger
Al Jazeera News :An Indian court has convicted an Uber driver of raping a young female passenger in the capital last year, his lawyer and...
Eritrean mistaken for gunman killed in Israeli bus station attack
Reuters, Jerusalem :An Eritrean migrant, shot by a security guard and kicked by an angry Israeli crowd that mistook him for a gunman, was identified...
Slovenia to slow refugee flow over fears of bottleneck
Al Jazeera News :Slovenia has warned it would be forced to slow down the rapidly rising influx of refugees arriving from Croatia and Serbia after...
‘Dozens of ISIL fighters killed’ in air strike in Syria
Al Jazeera News :At least 40 fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been killed in an air strike...
Drone shot down was Russian, says Turkish PM
Reuters, Istanbul :A drone shot down by Turkish warplanes in Turkish air space near Syria on Friday was Russian-made, but Moscow has told Ankara the...
Merkel’s embrace of Turkey draws criticism from Bavarian allies
Reuters, Berlin :Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy towards refugees and embrace of Turkey drew criticism on Monday from conservative allies, with one senior Bavarian politician...
Egypt enters second day of `election without voters`
Reuters, Cairo :Egyptians appeared to be shunning the ballot box for a second day on Monday in what one newspaper called “an election without voters”,...
Philippine storm weakens after killing at least nine, leaving thousands stranded
Reuters, Philippines :A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters...
Australia row over pregnant Nauru migrant case
BBC Online :Australia’s immigration minister has insisted the government correctly handled the case of a migrant woman who sought an abortion in Australia.The 23-year-old, a...
Russian strike `kills 48 from single family` in Syria
Agencies, Dubai :Bomb shelter of family in Homs’ countryside hit by apparent Russian rocket, killing 48 family members, activists say.A suspected Russian air strike on...