4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, 17 dead
AFP, Rome :The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea, but also found 17 corpses...
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US hits out at China over sea reclamation, vows more patrols
AFP, Singapore :The United States on Saturday called for an immediate end to China’s intensifying reclamation works in the South China Sea and vowed to...
Baltics mull joint air defence system against Russia
AFP, Panevezys :Defence ministers for the three Baltic states said Thursday they are mulling a joint air defence system in response to security concerns over...
Cameron calls for `flexible and imaginative` EU reforms
AFP, Paris :British Prime Minister David Cameron called for “flexible and imaginative” reforms from the EU as he swung through Paris on Thursday on a...
Libya on verge of economic collapse, UN envoy warns
Reuters, Brussels :Libya is on the verge of economic collapse as rival factions haggle over a political settlement, the United Nations special envoy said on...
Muhammadu Buhari takes charge as Nigerian president
AFP, Abuja :Muhammadu Buhari becomes Nigeria’s new head of state today, in an unprecedented ceremony after he won the first opposition victory over a sitting...
India’s heat wave affects water supply; over 1,800 dead
AP, Hyderabad :Dizzying temperatures caused water shortages in thousands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll...
India’s heat wave affects water supply; over 1,800 dead
AP, Hyderabad :Dizzying temperatures caused water shortages in thousands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll...
Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine
Reuters, Russia :Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near...
Russia’s nuclear threats ‘deeply troubling’: NATO
AFP, Washington :Russia’s provocative rhetoric and its dramatic expansion of flights by nuclear bombers are deeply troubling and dangerous, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said...
Sectarian strife biggest threat to Muslims: Kuwait
Agencies, Kuwait :Kuwait’s emir, speaking days after an attack claimed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) killed 21 people in Saudi Arabia, said on Wednesday...
Albania, Serbia pledge to work for Balkans’ stability
AFP, Tirana :The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama, in an historic visit vowed to strengthen their fragile ties in...