Indian farmers protest govt plans to ease land acquisition
AP, New Delhi Tens of thousands of flag-waving farmers rallied in India’s capital Sunday to protest a government plan to ease rules for obtaining land...
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France provides first weapons to Lebanon for Islamic State fight
AFP, Paris :The first French weapons from a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme will arrive in Lebanon on Monday as allies seek to bolster the country’s...
Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 football riot
AFP, Cairo :An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 11 football fans to death after a retrial over a 2012 stadium riot in the canal city of...
China-Pakistan friendship has big support among people: Survey
PTI, Beijing :The ties between China and Pakistan, often described as “all-weather friendship”, continues to resonate with the people of the two nations with a...
Fighting in Iraq’s Ramadi displaces thousands
Agencies, Baghdad :Thousands of families continue to flee the Iraqi city of Ramadi as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group closes...
Morsi faces possible death penalty in first verdict
AFP, Cairo :Egypt’s ex-president Mohamed Morsi faces being sentenced to death Tuesday on charges of inciting the killing of protestors in the first verdict against...
700 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libyan coast
Reuters, Rome :As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, a United Nations official...
Iran vows nuclear enrichment unless sanctions end
AFP, Paris :Iran is ready to resume nuclear enrichment “without any limitations” unless sanctions are totally and immediately removed at the end of negotiations, Foreign...
Afghanistan suicide blast kills 37, injures over 100
Reuters, Jalalabad : A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad killed 37 people and injured more than 100 outside a bank where government...
US eyes new ways to prepare and win future war in space
Reuters, Colorado : The United States needs disruptive new technologies, new ways of acquiring equipment and bandwidth, and closer ties with global allies to stay ahead...
Israel, Palestinians ‘reach accord’ on frozen taxes
AFP, Ramallah :Israel has agreed to transfer in full hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority but frozen in a...
Man gets 100-year term in murder of teacher in oil boom town
AP, Sidney :A man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Friday in a Montana teacher’s murder – a case that local officials say robbed...