Tension rises as police beating HK protesters
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong authorities said on Wednesday police involved in the beating of a pro-democracy protester would be removed from their positions after...
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Putin, Poroshenko discuss measures to restore peace to east Ukraine
Reuters, Moscow :A long-running dispute over natural gas supplies will be on the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko hold...
Malaysian police arrest 13 over IS ‘links’
AFP, Kuala Lampur :Malaysian police have arrested 13 people believed to have “links” with the Islamic State, a report said on Wednesday, as concern grows...
Generals of two Koreas hold talks
Al-Jazeera.com :Generals from North and South Korea have held military talks for the first time in more than three years at a border village on...
Aussies author wins Man Booker Prize
BBC Online :Australian author Richard Flanagan has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.AC Grayling,...
Heavy rains kill 18 in UP
IANS, Lucknow :Heavy rains induced by the cyclonic storm Hudhud has left behind a trail of destruction, despair and death in many parts of Uttar...
UN snubs Pakistan, refuses to interfere in Kashmir
Zee Media Bureau, United Nations :The United Nations has once again ignored Pakistan’s renewed efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue.In a clear snub to Pakistan,...
Battle for control of Kobane
Al-Jazeera.com :Battles have continued to rage on along Turkey’s border between the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and Syrian Kurds as...
Mideast violence spreads as Turkey bombs Kurdish militants
Reuters, Istanbul :War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened to spill into Turkey on Tuesday, where reports emerged that the air force...
HK police dismantle protest barriers, reopen key road
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hundreds of Hong Kong police used sledgehammers and chainsaws to dismantle pro-democracy barricades near government offices and the city’s financial center on...
Modi announces Rs 1000 cr for cyclone-hit AP
IANS, Hyderabad :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a package of Rs 1,000 crore for cyclone-hit Andhra Pradesh.The Prime Minister also announced an amount...
Recognition of Palestine ‘still long way off’
AFP, Gaza :Despite a highly-symbolic British vote to recognise Palestine as a state, the road to official recognition is still fraught with obstacles, experts say,...