Brazil releases ‘good’ mosquitoes to fight dengue fever
BBC Online :Brazilian researchers in Rio de Janeiro have released thousands of mosquitoes infected with bacteria that suppress dengue fever.The hope is they will multiply,...
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Pak cops kills Christian accused of blasphemy
Reuters, Islamabad :A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail on Thursday, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another condemned to death on the...
TMC MP grilled
TNN, Kolkata :The CBI questioned Trinamool Congress MP Subhendu Adhikari on Wednesday over allegations made by his arrested party colleague Kunal Ghosh that he got...
Pak cops kill Christian accused of blasphemy
Reuters, Islamabad :A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail on Thursday, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another condemned to death on the...
Sierra Leone widens Ebola quarantine
BBC Online :Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has widened a quarantine to include three more districts in an attempt to curb the spread of...
US hits IS oil targets in Syria
AFP, United Nations :The United States bombed Islamic State-controlled oil refineries in Syria as President Barack Obama recruited more allies to fight the jihadist “network...
UN approves resolution on foreign fighters
Al-Jazeera.com :Members of the UN Security Council have unanimously approved a binding resolution on checking the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.The US-drafted...
Saudi prince joins air strikes against IS
Agency :Saudi Arabia princeThe Air Force of Saudi Arabia participated in US-led bombing strikes against the Islamic State militants in Syria, with the Kingdom’s prince...
BJP-Shiv Sena poll alliance over
TNN, Mumbai :The BJP-Shiv Sena’s over 25-year-old poll alliance has come to an end, sources said on Thursday.Significantly, BJP president Amit Shah has cancelled his...
Lebanon detains 450 suspected militants in Syria border crackdown
Reuters, Beirut :Lebanon has detained about 450 suspected Islamist militants near its border with Syria over the past two weeks, Lebanese security sources said on...
We can stop flow of foreign fighters to Syria: Erdogan
AP, United Nations :The president of Turkey on Wednesday accused the international community of doing too little to stem the flow of foreign fighters to...
Obama vows more strikes on ISIL in Syria
Al-Jazeera.com :Barack Obama has said that the participation of five Arab nations in air raids against ISIL in Syria “makes it clear to the world...