Lawsuit filed in Malaysia over missing MH370
BBC Online :Two Malaysian children whose father was on the Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared have filed a lawsuit against the airline and the government.It...
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Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM
TNN, Mumbai :A 10-member BJP ministry led by Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in here on Friday at a lavish ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium.The Cabinet...
No hope in finding Lanka landslide survivors
AP, Sri Lanka :There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on...
First Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria’s Kobani
Reuters, Beirut :The first Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani through the border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian...
Gujarat braces for Cyclone Nilofar
BBC Online :Authorities in India have begun evacuating tens of thousands of people as a powerful cyclone heads for the western coast.Cyclone Nilofar, categorised as...
Malala gives $50,000 to rebuild Gaza schools
The Guardian :Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education campaigner shot by the Taliban, has donated $50,000 (nearly £31,000) towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza.The Nobel...
UN condemns Israeli settlement expansion
Al-Jazeera.com :A UN official has warned that Israel’s plans for further settlements in East Jerusalem could ignite more violence and threaten the viability of the...
Egypt blows up houses for Sinai buffer zone
Al-Jazeera.com :Egypt has started work on a controversial buffer zone by destroying homes along its border with the Gaza Strip, following some of the worst...
Sweden recognises state of Palestine
Al-Jazeera.com :Sweden has officially recognised the state of Palestine, Stockholm’s foreign minister has said, less than a month after the government announced its intention to...
US faces Ebola quarantine test case
BBC online :A nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is fighting the US state of Maine over its right to quarantine her...
Modi govt launches austerity drive
PTI, New Delhi :Unveiling an austerity drive to cut non-plan expenditure by 10 per cent, the Union government has barred bureaucrats from travelling first class...
Reinforcements boost Kobane defence
BBC online :Up to 200 Syrian rebels have arrived in Kobane to help Kurdish fighters defending the northern border town against Islamic State (IS) militants.All...