Shootout at wedding party: 21 dead
AP, Kabul :A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and eight wounded, an official said Monday.Abdul Jabar Perdili,...
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Yemen rebels launch attack despite 5-day humanitarian cease-fire
AFP, Aden :Yemen’s Huthi rebels pounded an area in the southern province of Taez shortly after the start early Monday of a humanitarian truce declared...
7 killed as rebels attack bus, police station in India
Agencies, New Delhi :India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after its military said heavily armed men stormed a police station in...
China eyes new cruise link to disputed South China Sea islands
Reuters, Beijing :Chinese authorities plan to start a second cruise ship link to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported...
Syrian Kurds capture town from IS fighters
Reuters, Beirut :The Kurdish YPG militia on Monday captured a town from Islamic State fighters in northern Syria after a month-long offensive against the ultra...
Mexico search for missing students turns up 129 bodies
AP, Mexico City :The search for 43 missing college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and...
Jews, Muslims clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque
AFP, Jerusalem :Israeli police entered one of Islam’s holiest places — annexed east Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque — on Sunday to tackle suspected Palestinian rioters, police...
Assad supports political dialogue to end war
Agencies, Beirut :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he supports any political dialogue to end his country’s conflict, even if its effects are limited.In a...
Obama calls for gay rights in Africa, challenges Kenya on corruption
AFP, Nairobi :US President Barack Obama today called for gay rights in Africa during his landmark visit to Kenya, comparing homophobia to racial discrimination he...
Two Turkish soldiers killed in blast
Reuters, Ankara :Two Turkish soldiers were killed and four were in injured by a car bomb and homemade explosives near the southeastern city of Diyarbakir...
Modi promises billions to Bihar as elections loom
AFP, Patna :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took his political campaign to the impoverished state of Bihar, promising billions of dollars for infrastructure...
Britain may vote on EU membership in 2016
AFP, London :Prime Minister David Cameron intends to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union around June of 2016, the Independent...