Mamata tries old faces to fight Saradha-BJP twin threat
TNN, Kolkata:Caught in the Saradha maelstrom, Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress is making drastic tactical changes. It’s bringing back some old faces from the cold, fielding...
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Hollande in Iraq to back new govt
AFP, Baghdad :French President Francois Hollande pledged “support and solidarity” for Iraq’s new government during a visit to Baghdad on Friday, as global efforts to...
IS has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters in Iraq
AFP, Washington :Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria now have about 20,000 to 31,500 fighters on the ground, the Central Intelligence Agency said on...
Exhausted, frustrated, Pak protesters want to go home
Reuters, Islamabad :Arshad Shah, a Pakistani protester, feels trapped: worn out after weeks of street demonstrations against the government, he wants to go home but...
New York marks 9/11
Reuters, New YorkUntil a few months ago, the part of New York City where crowds will gather on Thursday morning to mark the 13th anniversary...
Obama orders US airstrikes in Syria against IS
Reuters, Washington :President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized US airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq...
Thai coup leaders ‘must end repression’: AI
Thailand’s military government has engaged in “widespread” human rights violations since the May coup, Amnesty International says.In a report, the rights group cited arbitrary detentions,...
$3.8m UN fund for humanitarian flights
AP, United Nations :The United Nations humanitarian chief has allocated $3.8 million from an emergency fund to support a UN air service operating in the...
Myanmar lifts curfew in Rakhine state
Reuters, Yangon :Myanmar on Thursday lifted a curfew imposed in June 2012 when clashes between Buddhists and minority Muslims erupted throughout western Rakhine state, killing...
Thousands evacuate from flood-hit Kashmir
AP, Islamabad :Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of marooned people from the country’s plains where raging monsoon floods inundated more villages...
Syria rebels free UN peacekeepers
Al-Jazeera.com :The Syrian rebel group the Nusra Front has released all Fijian soldiers who worked as UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Al Jazeera has...
Imran vows to put up ‘grand show’ to mark a month of protests
Dawn.com, Islamabad :Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his protest movement will complete one month on Saturday and vowed to put...