Afghan troops killed in Kabul suicide attack
BBC Online :At least seven Afghan soldiers have died and many were injured after a suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying troops in the Afghan...
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Quit or we occupy govt office
AP, Hong Kong :Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong warned Wednesday that if the territory’s leader doesn’t resign by the end of Thursday...
Aussy PM not in favour of burqa in parliament
PTI, Melbourne :Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday said that he wished the burqa “was not worn” in the country while indicating his view...
Turkey mulls military action against IS
Reuters, Turkey :Turkey signaled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets...
Japan volcano death toll rise to 48
Reuters, Tokyo :The death toll from Japan’s volcanic eruption rose to 48 on Wednesday, the worst in 88 years, after more victims were discovered on...
14 killed in train collision in India
Zee Media Bureau, Gorakhpur :Two speeding passenger trains collided near here late Tuesday night, killing 14 people and injuring 45 others.The Maduadeeh-Lucknow Krishak Express hit...
Japan volcano rash intensifies
BBC Online :Efforts to recover the bodies of at least 24 climbers have been suspended again after the eruption on Japan’s Mount Ontake intensified.A BBC...
‘Thousands of children orphaned’
BBC Online :At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have lost one or both parents to Ebola this year, the UN children’s...
Obama, Modi vow to boost strategic ties
Reuters, Washington :US President Barack Obama and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries’ strategic partnership and...
ISIL closes in on border town with Turkey
Al-jazeera.com :Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have closed in on a key Kurdish town in Syria, next to the...
World wildlife populations halved in 40 years
BBC Online :The global loss of species is even worse than previously thought, the London Zoological Society (ZSL) says in its new Living Planet Index.The...