35 percent drop in new HIV infections since 2000: UN
AFP, Geneva :New HIV infections have fallen by 35 percent since 2000, the United Nations said Tuesday, but stressed that AIDS spending had to be...
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Stampede kills 27 during religious bathing festival in India
AP, Hyderabad :At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank...
Rajapakse gets parliament elections nod
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapakse was on Monday formally accepted as a candidate to stand in upcoming parliamentary elections six months after...
Thai military court jails ten for insulting monarchy
Reuters, Bangkok :A Thai military court on Tuesday sentenced ten people to up to five years in prison over audio and video recordings deemed insulting...
Greece bailout deal sparks domestic opposition
Agencies, Athens :The Greek government’s junior coalition partner has said it cannot back the agreement announced between Greece and its European creditors, describing the proposed...
Man undergoes plastic surgery to look like Kim Jong Un
PTI, Beijing :An eccentric Chinese man has gone under the knife to look like North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.Wang Lei is the spitting image...
Kerry and Javad, the odd couple who struck the Iran deal
AFP, Vienna :At first glance, a loyal supporter of Iran’s Islamic revolution and a Democratic ex-senator have little in common. Yet against the odds, John...
Saudi-led air raids on Sanaa kill 21 two days after truce
Reuters, Sanaa :Saudi-led air raids killed 21 civilians in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Monday morning, relatives of the victims and medics told Reuters, two days...
Romanian PM Victor Ponta charged with corruption
BBC Online :Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been charged with three counts of corruption in a long-running investigation, prosecutors say.He faces charges of fraud,...
Iraq launches offensive to retake Anbar from ISIL
AL JAZEERA News :Iraqi troops backed by mainly Shia militias have launched offensive to recapture the Anbar province from Islamic State of Iraq and the...
33 dead in Afghanistan suicide blast
AL JAZEERA News :At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan’s Khost province, where...
Uighurs in the firing line in China?
AL JAZEERA News :Uighur Muslims complain of cultural and religious suppression, along with economic marginalisation in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. For some, the...