Toll rises to 60
Hopes of finding any more survivors from a landslide that buried a village in western India on Wednesday are fading, as the number of bodies...
International
From the frying pan to the fire
Asharq Al-Awsat-Fadil Al-Wadiyeh, a Syrian refugee of Palestinian descent, thought it would be safer for himself and his family to return to the Gaza Strip...
UN sets up task force to reduce flight risks over war zones
PTI, United Nations :In the wake of the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jet over Ukraine, the UN and global aviation bodies have set up...
State of emergency declared over Ebola
Reuters, Freetown :Sierra Leone has declared a state of public emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces...
‘No American is proud’ of CIA tactics
AP, Washington :The US State Department has endorsed the broad conclusions of a harshly critical Senate report on the CIA’s interrogation and detention practices after...
US rearms Israel with ammo
AFP, Washington :The United States confirmed it had restocked Israel’s supplies of ammunition, hours after finally sharpening its tone to condemn an attack on a...
30 killed in India landslide, over 200 trapped
BBC Online :Rescue workers in western India are working to locate survivors of a landslide that has claimed at least 30 lives and buried up...
Guinea beach concert stampede leaves 33 dead
AFP, Conakry :Police in Guinea launched an investigation Wednesday into a stampede at a seafront rap concert that left 33 people dead including 11 children...
Lawsuit against Barack Obama
FoxNews.com :The House on Wednesday approved a highly contentious lawsuit against President Obama over his alleged abuse of executive power, teeing up an election-year legal...
Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow: Pentagon intel chief
Reuters, ASPEN Colorado :A top Pentagon intelligence official warned on Saturday that the destruction of Hamas would only lead to something more dangerous taking its...
Dutch experts head to eastern Ukraine site
BBC Online :Dutch experts are heading to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, officials say.It follows an agreement between...
