Iran, US began bilateral nuclear talks in Geneva
Reuters, Geneva :Iran and the United States began bilateral nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday, the second time the two sides have met since Iran...
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Taliban attack Afghan security forces: 18 killed
Reuters, Afghanistan :Taliban insurgents detonated truck bombs and fired rocket-propelled grenades outside the office of Afghanistan’s spy agency and a police compound in the central...
US, UK won’t be cowed by IS militants
AP, Newport :US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday declared that their nations will “not be cowed” by extremists who killed...
NATO slams Russia over Ukraine
BBC Online :Western leaders have criticised Russia for its “destabilising” influence on the crisis in Ukraine, at the start of a Nato summit in Wales.Nato...
‘Dozens dead’ in Kashmir bus plunge
BBC Online :Dozens of people are feared dead after floods have swept away a passenger bus into a gorge in Indian-administered Kashmir.The bus was carrying...
Heavy rains claim 31 lives across Punjab
Dawn.com, Lahore :At least 31 people have been killed in rain-related incidents across Punjab since Wednesday night, police and rescue sources said.Fifteen deaths were reported...
Flood kills 11 in Kashmir
IANS, Srinagar :The toll in the Jammu and Kashmir floods rose to 11 Thursday as incessant rain, which is likely to continue till Saturday, wreaked...
Ebola death toll passes 1,900: WHO
BBC Online :More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.There have been 3,500 confirmed or...
IS governing NE Syria
Reuters, Beirut :In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has insinuated itself into...
Journo beheading ‘won’t intimidate US’: Obama
BBC Online :President Obama on IS: “Americans are repulsed by their barbarism, we will not be intimidated, their horrific acts only unite us”President Barack Obama...
US sending 350 more troops to Iraq
Agency :President Obama on Tuesday authorized sending some 350 additional US military personnel to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad.The troops will not play...