UN sees new opportunity to resolve Syria crisis
BBC Online :The UN mediator in the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, has told the BBC he believes there is a fresh opportunity to resolve...
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S Korean ferry captain gets 36 years in prison
AP, Seoul :A South Korean ferry captain was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years in prison for negligence and abandoning passengers when his ship sank earlier...
Egyptian militants pledge loyalty
BBC Online :A jihadist group which has carried out a series of attacks on security forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula has pledged allegiance to Islamic...
Angry Mexicans besiege airport over students
Al-Jazeera.com :Protesters angry at the apparent massacre of 43 Mexican students have clashed with police and besieged Acapulco’s airport for hours over a scandal shaking...
Honour killing
Dawn.com, Lahore :In an incident of honour killing, two brothers killed their mother and two step-sisters in Township area of Lahore on Tuesday, police said.The...
Ban Ki-moon sets up Gaza war inquiry
Al-Jazeera.com :UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a five-member panel to investigate Israeli attacks on UN shelters during the Gaza war.The inquiry led by...
China, Japan hold landmark talks
BBC Online :The leaders of China and Japan have met for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute.Chinese...
Iran touts successful test of US drone replica
AP, Iran :Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country has successfully tested its own version of a US-made drone based on one it captured...
Violent protests rage overnight in Isarel
Al-Jazeera.com :Violent protests in northern Arab communities raged overnight Sunday, with masked rioters burning tires, and throwing stones and petrol bombs at security forces stationed...
Five nuclear engineers killed in Syria
Reuters, Beirut :Gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, four of them Syrian and one Iranian, on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, a monitoring group said...
Taliban bombs kill 10 Afghan police
Reuters, Kabul :Bombs exploded in three cities in Afghanistan on Monday killing at least 10 policemen, officials said, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber...
Catalans back independence in symbolic vote
BBC Online :An informal vote on independence for Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, officials say.The non-binding vote went ahead after Spain’s constitutional...