Tunisian forces assault home, killing 5 women
AP, Tunisia :Tunisian authorities have assaulted the home of suspected militants to end a 24-hour standoff, killing five women and one man.The state news agency...
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HK protesters to hold street vote
AFP, Hong Kong :Hong Kong’s democracy activists are planning a street vote to gauge protesters’ views on conciliatory offers from the government, as the city’s...
‘Sex assault’ Malaysia diplomat flown to NZ
BBC Online :A Malaysian diplomat, wanted by the New Zealand authorities on allegations of attempted rape in the city of Wellington in May, has been...
Governor quits over missing Mexico students
Al-Jazeera.com :The governor of Guerrero, the Mexican state where 43 students vanished last month in the city of Iguala, has said he is stepping aside...
Myanmar army kills journo while covering news
AP, Myanmar :Myanmar’s army shot dead a journalist who was detained while covering clashes between the army and ethnic rebels at the rugged border, saying...
Pakistan, Iran exchange mortar fire on border
BBC online :Pakistani and Iranian forces have exchanged mortar fire along their porous border.Pakistani officials said Iran fired six mortar shells, which landed near the...
Kurdish fighters killed in Syria buried
AP, Turkey :Hundreds of supporters chanting slogans turned out to accompany three Kurdish fighters – two men and a woman barely out of her teens...
8 Pak Shi’ites killed in sectarian attack
Reuters, Pakistan :Eight Shi’ite members of Pakistan’s ethnic Hazara minority were killed, and one wounded, on Thursday, after gunmen opened fire on a bus in...
Mayor linked to students disapearance in Mexico
Agency :Officials said on Wednesday that a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 students in a southern city essentially ran the town, paying...
Canada PM vows crackdown
Reuters, Ottawa :Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to redouble the country’s fight against “terrorist organizations” abroad after a reported convert to Islam rampaged through...
Obama ‘optimistic’ over Ebola in US
BBC Online :President Barack Obama has expressed cautious optimism about the Ebola situation in the US, as new screening rules were introduced in the country.He...