Modi’s Sri Lanka visit seen as move to tame China influence
AP, Colombo :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official visit to Sri Lanka on Friday reflects a bounce back in bilateral relations as the South Asian...
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Two officers shot in Ferguson amid protests
AP, Ferguson :Two officers were shot during a protest in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered following the...
Iraqi troops retake parts of Tikrit from IS
Agencies, Baghdad :Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militias seized large parts of Tikrit on Tuesday, amid reports that most of the Islamic State militants...
Pak soldiers raid MQM office
BBC, Karachi : Security forces have raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan’s fourth biggest political party, sparking street protests.Col Tahir Mahmood said troops acted on information...
Manmohan Singh summoned as accused in coal field case
AP, New Delhi :Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was summoned on Wednesday by a court accused of criminal conspiracy in an inquiry into the award...
Mideast peace needed to defeat extremists : Jordan’s King
AFP, Strasbourg : King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Tuesday that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was essential for combating Islamic extremists, saying the conflict served as...
Obama lambasts US senators over Iran nuclear letter
AFP, Washington :Barack Obama pilloried Republicans over an incendiary letter to Iran’s leaders that warned a nuclear deal with the United States could be scrapped...
Putin reveals secrets of Russia’s Crimea takeover plot
AFP, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia took over Crimea because it had to protect Crimea’s mostly ethnic-Russian population after pro-Western Ukrainian nationalists...
Russian actions in Ukraine are undermining the security: UK FM
AFP, London :Russian actions in Ukraine are undermining the security of nations in Eastern Europe, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond is to warn in a...
Obama declares Venezuela a national security threat
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama has issued an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat, and placed sanctions on seven officials.The White House...
Snowfall hits power, air links in Kashmir
IANS, Srinagar :Heavy snowfall threw normal life out of gear in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, disrupting electricity, road and air links between Kashmir Valley...
Chad, Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram
Al-Jazeera.com :Chad and Niger have launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria, military sources say.A source from the Niger government said...