Kurds tear down fences
Mail Online :Hundreds of Turkish and Syrian Kurds tore down border fences and clashed with riot police in a show of solidarity in the fight...
International
Iraqi PM reveals `ISIL plot to attack West`
Al-Jazeera.com :Iraq has received “credible” intelligence that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) group plans to attack subway systems in Paris and in...
Hamas, Fatah reach accord on unity govt
Al-Jazeera.com :Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a partial understanding that should put plans of a unified government back on track, after being hampered...
Congress joins hands with SP in Maharashtra, eyes Muslim votes
TNN, Mumbai :The Congress has entered into an alliance with Samajawadi Party in Maharasthra to contest the forthcoming assembly elections, in a bid to get...
50 killed in Xinjiang unrest
BBC Online :Fifty people died in violence on Sunday in Xinjiang, Chinese state media said, in what police called a “serious terrorist attack”.Earlier this week...
Pakistan test-fires short range missile
PTI, Islamabad :Pakistan today successfully test-fired short range surface-to-surface missile ‘Hatf IX’ that has a range of 60 kilometres and can cover parts of India.The...
Obama urges world to do more to tackle Ebola
AP, United Nations :President Barack Obama, in a sober assessment of international efforts to stem a deadly Ebola outbreak, warned a high-level United Nations gathering...
Cuba sends 300 more doctors to fight Ebola
Al-Jazeera.com :Cuba says it will send nearly 300 more doctors and nurses to west Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic.The Cubans will work in...
More war-torn refugees seek asylum in West
Al-Jazeera.com :Wars in Syria and Iraq, and instability in other places, are driving more people to seek asylum in wealthy nations, with requests on track...
345 rescued ‘refugees from Syria’ refuse to leave ship
AP, Cyprus :More than 300 people, apparent refugees fleeing from Syria, refused to leave a cruise ship that rescued them from a small boat stranded...
CID must prove Tapas Pal hate speech: Kolkata HC
IANS, Kolkata :In a setback to Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, the Calcutta high court on Thursday directed filing of an first information report...