Gaza truce widen for five days
AP, Cairo :A five-day extension of a Gaza truce appeared to be holding despite a rocky start on Thursday, fanning cautious optimism of progress in...
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UN-US move to save refugees in Iraq
BBC Online :The UN has declared its highest level of emergency in Iraq as a humanitarian crisis follows the rapid advance by Islamic State militants...
Constitutional Amendment Bill passed in RS
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :In a major political victory for the Narendra Modi government, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the landmark National Judicial...
Kashmir main cause of Indo-Pak tension
PTI, Islamabad :Raking up the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said it is the “main source of tension” in India-Pakistan relations...
Brazil presidential candidate dies in air crash
BBC Online :The Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, has died in a plane crash, party members and local officials say.The plane carrying Campos came...
Ebola outbreak: Guinea declares emergency
BBC Online :Guinea has a declared a national health emergency as it battles to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.This meant tighter border...
LS passes Judicial Appointments Bill
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 was passed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The bill will now be introduced in...
Riots over killing of US black teenager
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, after the shooting of a black teenager by police sparked two nights...
Ukraine denounced the dispatch of Russian aid
Reuters, KIEV :Ukraine denounced the dispatch of a Russian humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine as an act of Russian cynicism on Wednesday and said...
IS seizes more territory in Syria
Reuters, Beirut :Islamic State insurgents have seized several towns and villages from rival Islamist groups in the Syrian province of Aleppo, opening the way for...
Mubarak’s trial resumes
BBC Online :The trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of 850 unarmed protesters during Egypt’s popular uprising in 2011 has resumed.Mubarak,...
Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings
Reuters, Brussels :President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help...