Pak teachers being trained to resist school massacre
AP, Pakistan :When Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school and massacred 150 children and teachers, nobody could fight back. Shabnam Tabinda and some of...
International
Good US-India relations no threat to China
PTI, New Delhi :Surprised at the Chinese reaction over his visit to India, US President Barack Obama has said that there is no reason for...
Trial for Ebola vaccine starts in Liberiac
AP, Liberia :A trial of an Ebola vaccine was to start Monday in Liberia’s capital following a launch event featuring musicians.In a densely-populated neighborhood of...
AAP seeks apology for BJP ad
TNN, New Delhi :BJP on Monday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of taking offence to ‘everything but their own acts’, after the latter demanded...
Thailand tightens security after small bomb attacksc
Reuters, Bangkok :Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered security to be tightened in Bangkok on Monday after two small bombs rattled a luxury shopping mall...
Abe vows revenge
New York Times, Tokyo :When Islamic State militants posted a video over the weekend showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo...
Thousands march for democracy in Hong Kong
AFP, Hong Kong :Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down parts...
Japan outraged at IS ‘beheading’ of hostage Kenji Goto
BBC, Tokyo :Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video appearing to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by an Islamic...
Chile’s president pushes to ease ban on all abortions
AP, Santiago :The president of Chile has sent legislation to Congress proposing to loosen the socially conservative South American nation’s total ban on abortions.The bill...
Iraq Kurdish forces retake oil field, villages from IS
AFP, Kirkuk :Iraqi Kurdish forces and police retook an oil field in Kirkuk province on Saturday that was seized by the Islamic State group overnight,...
Italy elects senior Judge Sergio Mattarella as president
Reuters, Rome :Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge, as president today, handing a welcome political victory to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.After three...
Rocket blasts off with NASA satellite to track climate change
Reuters, CAPE CANAVERAL : An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifted off from California today carrying a NASA satellite to measure how much water is in Earth’s...