August 13, 2014

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...

International

August 13, 2014

Kerry rules out sending troops in Iraq

Agency :US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Iraqi prime minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi quickly to form an inclusive government, while ruling out sending...

International

August 13, 2014

Hillary contrasts foreign policy vision from Obama

PTI, Edgartown :After working to carry out President Barack Obama’s foreign policy mission for four years as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is contrasting...

International

August 13, 2014

HRW urges UN inquiry into ‘systematic’ Egypt killings

Reuters, Cairo :The killing of hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators at two protest camps last year was systematic, ordered by top officials and probably amounts to...

International

August 13, 2014

Experimental Ebola drug sent to W Africa as toll at 1,013

Reuters, Monrovia :Liberia said on Tuesday it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the...

A man looks up as he sits in a tent amid the ruins of his home that he says was destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Shejaia neighbourhood in Gaza City.

International

August 13, 2014

A man looks up as he sits in a tent amid the ruins of his home that he says was destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Shejaia neighbourhood in Gaza City.

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International

August 13, 2014

More violence in country since Modi came to power: Sonia

Zee Media Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram :Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre saying that ever since the party...

International

August 13, 2014

Modi slams Pakistan of waging proxy war

Reuters, India :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan on Tuesday of waging “proxy war” by sending militants to attack India and he used a...

Thai rescue workers and soldiers continue their search at the site of a six-story building collapse in Pathum Thani province, just north of Bangkok, Thailand.

International

August 13, 2014

Thai building collapse kills 3, traps 7

AP, Bangkok :A six-story building under construction on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital collapsed Monday, killing three workers and trapping at least seven others underneath...

International

August 12, 2014

Life stirs in Gaza as new truce takes hold

AFP, Gaza City :A 72-hour ceasefire took hold in Gaza Monday, as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators headed to Cairo in search of a long-term solution...