Srinagar tense as elections continue
AFP, Srinagar :Indian-held Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar voted Sunday in continuing elections in the troubled region, where the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
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ISIL fighters gaining ground in Anbar
Agencies :Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have mounted two suicide car-bomb attacks aimed at security checkpoints at the main...
Climate talks run into overtime as nations clash
AFP, Lima :UN climate talks spilled into an extra day Saturday as negotiators battled in Lima to end a standoff between rich and developing nations...
Congress authorises $577 b in US defence spending
Reuters, Washington :The U.S. Congress approved an annual defence policy bill on Friday that authorises American training for Iraqi and Syrian forces fighting Islamic State...
US sends mixed message to Myanmar military
AP, Washington :Human rights advocates and some lawmakers say the United States is sending the wrong signal by opening the door for broader engagement with...
Assertive Russia causes military rethink in Sweden
AFP, Stockholm :With an assertive Russia next door, Sweden has started to beef up its military after a decade of downsizing, but a credible deterrent...
Ebola toll in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia reaches 6,583: WHO
Reuters, Dakar :The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the three worst-hit countries in West Africa reached 6,583 as of Dec. 10, the World...
2 US troops, court official killed in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul :Separate insurgent attacks killed two U.S. troops and a top Afghan court official, authorities said Saturday, part of a surging wave of militant...
Thai prince ends his 13-year marriage life
AFP, Bangkok :Thailand’s crown prince has divorced his wife, in a dramatic fall from grace for a senior princess at a time of heightened anxiety...
Russia outraged over US move to arm Ukraine, more sanctions
AFP, Moscow :Russia on Friday expressed outrage at the US Senate’s approval of a bill to potentially provide lethal military aid to Ukraine in its...
Double bombing rocks Nigeria; 31 killed
AFP, Lagos :At least 31 people were killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday, while a 13-year-old girl in...
US House passes $1.1tn budget bill to avert shutdown
BBC, Washington :The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1tn budget, hours before government was due to shut down at midnight on Thursday.The Republican...