Kiev won’t withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Reuters, Kiev/Donetsk :Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a...
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US security chief warns shoppers after terror threat
BBC Online :US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has urged people to be vigilant following a terror threat to Western shopping centres, including one of...
Australian PM Abbott announces fresh security crackdown
Reuters, Sydney :Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday announced a national security crackdown that could deny welfare payments to people seen as potential threats,...
US plans to slow-down pullout from Kabul
Reuters, Kabul :The United States is considering slowing a planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to ensure that “progress sticks” after more than a...
Yemen’s ousted president challenges Houthi ‘Coup’
AFP, Aden :Yemen’s Western-backed president fled south to friendly territory on Saturday, challenging a grab for power by the Houthi militia that had kept him...
China protests Modi’s visit to disputed area
AP, Beijing :China summoned India’s ambassador over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to a disputed border region in the Himalayas, a long-festering irritant in relations...
Turkey evacuates troops guarding tomb inside Syria
AFP, Ankara : Almost 600 Turkish soldiers crossed the border deep inside Syria overnight in a successful operation to repatriate troops guarding a Turkish enclave surrounded...
Major prisoner swap in Ukraine bolsters shaky truce
AFP, Zholobok :Ukrainian forces and rebel separatists traded dozens of prisoners in a frontline eastern town on Saturday, the first clear sign of progress for...
France in new bid to nail fighter jet deal with India
Agencies :France’s defence minister will visit New Delhi this week in a fresh bid to nail a troubled deal to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets...
`Significant gaps` remain in Iran nuclear talks: Kerry
AFP, Geneva :There are still “significant gaps” in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, warning that President Barack...
Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant
AFP, Tokyo :Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant’s operator announced Sunday,...
Christians, Jews, Muslims hold peace march in London
AFP, London :Christians, Jews and Muslims from all walks of British life made a pilgrimage through central London on Thursday, in a show of unity...