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...
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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,...
Curfew in Ahmedabad to curb caste violence
Agencies, Ahmedabad :India has deployed paramilitary forces and imposed a curfew in Ahmedabad, the capital of the Gujarat state, after violence broke out at a...
Hungary police fire teargas to stem flow of migrants from Serbia
AFP, Röszke :Hungary’s migrant crisis escalated Wednesday as police fired teargas at its main processing centre and the government announced it was sending 2,000 “border...
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan attack
AFP, Kabul :Gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms shot dead two Nato soldiers on a base in the country’s south on Wednesday, the coalition said, in...
Asians abusing US birthright citizenship: Jeb Bush
Republican White House hopeful Jeb Bush on Monday accused Asians of abusing rules allowing infants born in the United States to be American citizens, amid...
Saudi Arabia executed 175 in past year: AI
AP, Dubai :Saudi Arabia has executed at least 175 people over the past 12 months, on average one person every two days, according to a...