August 3, 2014

Medical personnel transport a victim to a hospital after an explosion at a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province.

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August 3, 2014

Slapping rape charges is now a ‘fashion’

Zee Media Bureau, Mumbai :The Shiv Sena on Saturday came out in support of senior IPS officer, DIG Sunil Paraskar, who has been accused of...

Demonstrators gather on Sixth Avenue outside News Corporation for a protest against Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip on Friday.

International

August 3, 2014

Demonstrators gather on Sixth Avenue outside News Corporation for a protest against Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip on Friday.

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International

August 3, 2014

Latin America comes out in force against Israel

AFP, Montevideo :Latin America’s leaders are among the most vehement in condemning Israel’s Gaza offensive-labelling the Jewish state “terrorist”, recalling ambassadors, and offering near-unanimous, unwavering...

International

August 3, 2014

Hamas defends Gaza ambush blamed for ending ceasefire

Reuters, Gaza :Hamas claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly Gaza Strip ambush in which an Israeli army officer may have been captured, but said...

International

August 3, 2014

Landslide kills eight in Nepal

BBC Online :A massive landslide has buried dozens of homes in Nepal, with eight people confirmed dead and many missing.The landslide has blocked the Sunkoshi...

International

August 3, 2014

UK embassy in Libya to ‘suspend operations’

BBC Online :The UK is to temporarily close its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, because of worsening violence.The Foreign Office, which has urged Britons...

International

August 3, 2014

US most powerful, but does not control everything: Obama

TNN, Washington :Defending his administration’s foreign policy in view of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the Gaza conflict, President Barack Obama has said that...

International

August 3, 2014

Libya unrest ‘worse than under Gaddafi’

AFP, Piraeus :Libya is descending into a civil war spiral that is “much worse” than the unrest that toppled its dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011,...

Rescue personnel survey the wreckage after an explosion in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan on Friday.

International

August 2, 2014

Gas blasts kill 25 in Taiwan

AFP :The explosions sparked massive fires which tore through the city’s Cianjhen district, leaving a yawning trench running for hundreds of metres down the middle...