Europe faces mounting migrant crisis
AFP, Brussels :Faced with its worst migrant crisis since World War II, Europe has many sensible options to deal with people fleeing conflict in Syria...
International
Rescuers save 3,000 migrants in Mediterranean: 55 killed
Reuters, Rome :Rescuers saved about 3,000 migrants but found more than 50 dead on boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, the Italian coast...
Gujarat remains tense after Patel caste violence
BBC Online :Tension prevails in India’s Gujarat state where two days of caste-related violence has left eight people dead.Fresh clashes were reported overnight and the...
China arrests 12 over Tianjin blasts as toll rises
AFP, Beijing :Chinese police have arrested 12 people over giant explosions that killed at least 145 people and devastated a swathe of a Chinese port...
Syria regime, rebels agree new truce for three towns
Reuters, Beirut :A two-day ceasefire between warring sides in Syria came into force on Thursday in a rebel-held town near the border with Lebanon, and...
Turkish PM invites pro-Kurdish MPs into caretaker cabinet
AFP, Ankara :Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday invited three lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to join an interim government to...
Sea level will rise by 1 meter, it`s unavoidable: NASA
AFP, Miami :Sea levels are rising around the world, and the latest satellite data suggests that three feet (one meter) or more is unavoidable in...
40 killed in North Korea rains : Massive damage
Reuters, Seoul/Beijing :Heavy rain in North Korea killed 40 people, stranded thousands inflash floods and caused “massive” damage on the weekend, the International Federation of...
Hindus drop below 80 pc of India’s population
Agencies. New Delhi :India’s Hindus have dropped below 80 percent of the population for the first time since independence.Census data, released on Wednesday by the...
US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Sonia Gandhi
PTI, New York :An appeals court in New York has affirmed a district judge’s order to dismiss a human rights violation lawsuit filed against Congress...
Bush slipping in polls race : Study
Reuters, Washington :Republican Jeb Bush’s support is slipping in the race for the party’s presidential nomination, and front-runner Donald Trump has opened a 20-point lead...
Suu Kyi eyes poll majority, but fears for wider democratic gains
AFP, Yangoon :Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she was confident her opposition party would win Myanmar’s landmark elections if they are free and fair,...