Moment of silence
BBC Online :Malaysians observed a moment of silence following the arrival in Kuala Lumpur of the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 that...
International
Moscow defies Kiev, orders aid convoy onto Ukrainian soil
Reuters, Russia :Russia ordered a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine on Friday apparently without Kiev’s permission, raising the danger of...
Hunger striker Irom Sharmila re-arrested in India
BBC Online :Indian activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a hunger strike for 14 years, has been re-arrested two days after she was...
US denies backing Imran Khan’s party
PTI, Islamabad :Opposing any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, the United States Embassy on Thursday brushed aside aspersions that Washington is in any manner in discussions...
Jaitley clarifies after controversy over rape remark
NDTV, New Delhi :Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it was not his intention to be insensitive when he talked about “one small incident of...
Egypt tour bus collision kills 33
BBC Online :Two tour buses have collided near Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, leaving 33 people dead and 41 injured, officials say.One of the...
Americans among 12,000 foreign fighters in Syria: US
AFP, Washington :Some 12,000 foreign jihadists from 50 countries, including Americans, have gone to fight in Syria since the conflict began, the US State Department...
Syria death toll ‘more than 191,000’
BBC Online :More than 191,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict up to April, the UN human rights chief says.Navi Pillay said the...
Death toll rises to 39 in Hiroshima
BBC Online :Heavy rain has hampered rescue operations in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture where a deadly landslide killed at least 39 people.The number of people missing...
Dozens die in Ukrain estreet battles
Reuters, Kiev :Heavy shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as...
Deadly ethnic clashes in Sudan
BBC Online :At least 63 people have died in clashes between rival Arab groups in Sudan’s arid Darfur region, witnesses say.One Sudanese radio station said...
Coup leader named Thai PM by hand-picked parliament
Reuters, Bangkok :Thailand’s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on Thursday by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer...