Afghanistan avalanche toll rises to 162 amid rescue efforts
AP, KABUL :A senior Afghan military officer says the death toll from an avalanche caused by heavy winter snows in a mountainous valley northeast of...
International
Rahul to become Congress chief
PTI, New Delhi :Congress scion Rahul Gandhi will take over as party president in April when India’s oldest political behemoth meets for stocktaking following a...
Russia, Cyprus sign military deal on use of Mediterranean ports
Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades signed an agreement on Wednesday to give Russian military ships access to Cypriot...
Yemen on brink as Gulf Co-operation Council initiative fails
AP, Sanaa :As the US, other Nato powers and neighbouring monarchies – the “Group of 10” – shut down their embassies in Sanaa and evacuated...
Ukraine peace talks in Paris end in tension
AP, Paris :Talks about a fragile peace deal for Ukraine ended in tension Tuesday, with differences over who is at fault over continued violence despite...
Yemen Houthis take over US-trained special forces base in Sanaa
Reuters, Sanaa :Armed men from Yemen’s newly dominant Houthi group took over a special forces army base in the capital Sanaa early on Wednesday, soldiers...
World response to IS ‘shameful’: AI
AFP, London :World leaders have proved “shameful and ineffective” in failing to protect civilians from groups like Islamic State (IS), Amnesty International said Wednesday, calling...
Use of barrel bombs increasing in Syria: HRW
Reuters,United Nations :Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that Syrian government forces have carried out hundreds of indiscriminate attacks over the past year with...
Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill
AP, Washington :Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto...
Uncertainty dogs Obama’s immigration plans
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama faces a tough political and legal battle to drive through an amnesty for five million illegal immigrants, but uncertainty...
BJP to form coalition govt in Kashmir
New Delhi :The ruling Hindu nationalist party will for the first time govern the country’s only Muslim-majority state, Indian-held Kashmir, under a power-sharing deal with...