Israeli air strike kills Hamas commanders in Gaza
Reuters, Gaza :Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the clearest signal yet that Israel is...
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US strikes in Iraq despite IS threat
BBC Online :US aircraft have launched fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq, despite threats from the group to kill a second...
Japan landslides leave 32 dead
AFP, Japan :Huge landslides in western Japan killed at least 32 people and left another nine missing Wednesday, authorities said, after waves of mud engulfed...
Pakistan HC defends meet with separatists
PTI, New Delhi :A defiant Pakistan high commissioner on Wedneday justified his meetings with Kashmiri separatists here notwithstanding India’s protestation, asserting that engagement with all...
47 held during peaceful protest
BBC Online :Police in Ferguson, Missouri say they have arrested 47 people during a mostly peaceful protest over the police shooting of a black teenager.Despite...
MPs escape as Pak protesters tried to blockade parliament
Reuters, Islamabad :Thousands of Pakistani protesters tried to blockade parliament on Wednesday after an anti-government cleric told them not to allow anyone in or out,...
18 militants killed in Pak airstrikes
PTI, Islamabad :At least 18 militants were killed on Tuesday in airstrikes by Pakistani fighter jets in the country’s troubled northwestern tribal region.The hideouts of...
Israelis, Palestinians resume talks on Gaza deal
AP, Cairo :Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in Cairo resumed indirect talks on Tuesday, trying to hammer out a roadmap for the war-torn Gaza Strip after...
UN launches Iraq aid operation
The United Nations agency for refugees is launching a major aid operation to reach more than half a million people displaced by fighting in northern...
US bans flights over Syria
AP, Washington :Armed groups in Syria have several hundred portable anti-aircraft missiles that could easily be diverted to extremists and used to destroy commercial planes,...
Rahul denied free hand Sonia takes party reins in own control
AK Antony gave a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi for the Congress’ Lok Sabha poll debacle. But Sonia Gandhi, it seems, has had enough. Unwilling...
India calls off talks as Pak envoy meet with Kashmir leader
AP, New Delhi :In a blow to efforts to improve often-hostile ties, India on Monday called off talks with Pakistan over a meeting between its...