Air strike on Niger village kills 36
AFP, Niamey :At least 36 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed and 27 wounded when an unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near...
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India to modernise warships to counter Chinese navy
Reuters, New Delhi :The government has cleared a $8 billion plan to build India’s most advanced warships, defence sources said, just months after ordering new...
‘US summit not to blame Islam for terrorism’
Agencies :A three-day summit, which begins in the US capital on Wednesday, will not link terrorism with Islam, says the White House.“We are very, very...
Italy warns world time running out to address IS threat in Libya
AFP, Rome :Italy on Wednesday issued its strongest warning yet about the danger of the Islamic State group establishing a stronghold in Libya that would...
Myanmar declares emergency in war-torn region as fighting rages
AFP, Lashio :Myanmar on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in a conflict-torn border region, where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has...
Ukraine forces withdrawing from besieged town
Reuters, Kiev :Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists on Wednesday as renewed fighting threatened to wreck...
Obama vows to fight immigration ruling
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama’s tactic of using executive orders to bypass a hostile Congress and drive through controversial immigration reform has run into...
26 Afghan police killed as army begins anti-Taliban drive
AFP, Kandahar :At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed on Tuesday in a Taliban attack near Kabul, bringing to 26 the number of officers to...
Modi vows to end India status as top defence importer
AFP, Bangalore :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to end India’s status as the world’s number one defence importer, saying he wanted 70 per...
India, Lanka ink civil N-deal
PTI, New Delhi :Signalling that Sri Lanka would be a priority for India in South Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that he...
Judge delays Obama immigration order
AFP, Washington :A judge in Texas has blocked US President Barack Obama’s executive order providing millions of undocumented foreigners with protection from deportation.The White House...
Icy storm paralyses central US, pummels nation’s capital
Reuters, Boston :Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States while an icy winter storm crippled the nation’s central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic,...