Girl accidentally kills gun trainer in US
A nine year-old girl in the US has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use a high-powered submachine gun.The instructor...
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300 people killer ‘Popeye’ freed
AFP, Bogota :The head of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s hitmen, a confessed murderer nicknamed “Popeye,” was released from prison on Tuesday after helping prosecutors...
Palestinians term truce victory over Israel
Al-Jazeera.com :Thousands of Palestinians are celebrating in Gaza after Israel and Palestinian groups agreed an open-ended ceasefire to end seven weeks of fighting in Gaza.The...
BJP slammed for raking up ‘love jihad’
Political leaders and parties Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for raking up the issue of ‘love Jihad’ – a term used by the...
Five dead in SKorea flash floods
Flash floods brought on by heavy rain in southern South Korea have killed at least five people, officials say.One person was killed and four others...
Abdullah threatens to withdraw from Afghan presidential vote audit
Reuters, Kabul :One of two candidates competing to succeed Afghan leader HamidKarzai threatened on Tuesday to pull out of a UN-supervised audit of a disputed...
Funeral for black teenager killed by US cops
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral for the black teenager killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri.Mourners at the Friendly Temple Baptist Church in St...
Israel targets Gaza highrises as sides weigh truce deal
AFP, Gaza City :Israel upped its pressure on Hamas on Tuesday, with warplanes hitting two Gaza City highrises on day 50 of their conflict as...
US sees Egypt, UAE behind bombing in Libya
US officials say Egypt and the UAE were behind air strikes in Libya last week that targeted Islamist militia.A senior US official told the BBC...
Car bombing kills 11 in Baghdad
AP, Baghdad :A car bomb exploded on Tuesday in a busy Shiite area in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 11 people, officials said, the latest...
Lalu-Nitish beat BJP in Bihar bypoll, title clash in 2015
Zee Media bureau, New Delhi :With the Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar combine having gained the upper hand in the bypoll held for 10 seats in...
Kidnapped US journo freed in Syria
Al-Jazeera.com :An American journalist kidnapped nearly two years ago has been freed in Syria following Qatari mediation and handed over to UN peacekeepers in the...