HRW accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Reuters, Jerusalem :Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three UN-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and...
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Islamic State crisis: Kerry to meet Arab leaders in Jeddah
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet key Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, as he tries to build a coalition against Islamic State...
Thousands flee Kashmir region
AP, Pakistan :Hundreds of thousands of people were fleeing flash floods on Wednesday after having been warned to evacuate as the death toll from severe...
Airstrikes kill 65 militants in Pakistan
Dawn.com, Islamabad :Sixty-five suspected militants were killed in aerial strikes by fighter jets in the North Waziristan tribal region, the military said on Wednesday. The...
Saradha scam CBI grills TMC MP
IANS, Kolkata :The CBI on Wednesday grilled Trinamool Congress MP and owner-editor of a vernacular daily Srinjoy Bose in connection with the multi-crore rupee Saradha...
24 dead in Pakistan mosque collapse
Emergency teams in the Pakistani city of Lahore say they have now recovered 24 bodies from rubble at a mosque a day after its roof...
Palestinian shot dead in WB
Reuters, West Bank :Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday during a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian medics and the...
Syrian rebel leader among 45 killed in bomb attack
Al-Jazeera.com :The leader of one of Syria’s most powerful rebel groups has been killed along with dozens of other commanders in a bomb attack on...
Ban Ki-moon urges Assad to seek political solution to Syria crisis
Reuters, Abu Dhabi :UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to seek a political solution to Syria’s war, saying this would help international efforts...
Iraq MPs approve new govt, Kerry to visit region
AFP, Baghdad :Iraqi MPs approved a new cabinet on Monday but key security posts remained unfilled, as America’s top diplomat prepared to visit the region...
Over 420 dead, thousands marooned in Kashmir
Reuters, Muzaffarabad :The heaviest rains to fall on Kashmir in 50 years caught Indian and Pakistani authorities off guard, with criticism of their disaster preparedness...
Crash report: High-velocity objects hit MH17
Al-Jazeera.com :The first report on Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight, which crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, suggests that there is no evidence of technical fault...