New air strikes in IS held area near Turkish border
BBC Online :New air strikes have targeted Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, hitting areas close to the border with Turkey.Syrian activists reported strikes around...
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Yemen president warns of civil war
Al-Jazeera.com :Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi has vowed to restore state authority and warned of a “civil war” in the Sunni-majority country as Shia...
Drone strike kills suspected militants in Pakistan
Reuters, Bannu :A US drone strike killed at least five suspected militants near the Afghan border in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, amid...
Palestinians seek $3.8b in aid for Gaza
AP, New York :Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has said he has asked for $3.8 billion in urgent aid to help rebuild Gaza following its...
Sarkozy’s corruption case ‘suspended’
BBC Online :A corruption investigation against French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended, French media say.They quote judicial sources as saying that Paris appeals...
Death toll mounts to 43
Reuters, India :At least 43 people have died and many are missing in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains that lashed India’s remote northeast,...
Karzai slams US, Pakistan in farewell speech
Reuters, Kabul :Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for his country’s long war, a final swipe at the country that...
Yemeni Shia rebels sweep into Sanaa: 340 dead
AP, Sanaa :In a stunning sweep of the Yemeni capital, the country’s Shia rebels seized homes, offices and military bases of their Sunni foes, forcing...
UN proposes Libyan truce, talks
Al-Jazeera.com :The UN, EU and a group of 13 nations have called for “an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire” in Libya, after the UN mission there proposed...
Commitment to greening the planet
AFP :The largest gathering of world leaders on climate change opens at the United Nations on Tuesday amid calls for action to put the planet...
BJP, Shiv Sena deadlock over seat-sharing ends
TNN, New Delhi :The Shiv Sena has agreed to give 130 seats to the BJP, bringing an end to the deadlock over seat-sharing for the...
US, Arab allies strike IS targets in Syria
AP, Washington :The US and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in eastern Syria, and the US undertook a...