Suicide bombers attack police chief’s home in Afghanistan, 2 killed
AP, Kabul :An Afghan official says that a civilian and a border policeman were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked the house of a police chief...
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Costa Concordia wreck arriving in Genoa for scrapping
BBC Online :The wrecked Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, has arrived in waters near the port of Genoa for scrapping after a two-year salvage...
Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers
AFP, Damascus :Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some of...
More than 50 killed in Benghazi, Tripoli clashes
Reuters, BENGHAZI :At least 36 people were killed in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilians, in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and...
Putin stays on offense in Ukraine
AP, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin might be expected to hunker down into defense mode as he is besieged by accusations of Russian involvement in...
Judge ‘falls asleep’ during child rape trial
BBC Online :A judge is being investigated after he was accused of falling asleep during a child rape trial at Manchester Crown Court, forcing it...
Tributes to martyrs of Kargil war
ANI, New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil war at the...
Russia accuses US of ‘smear campaign’
BBC Online :Russia has accused the US of launching a “smear campaign” over its alleged involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.The foreign ministry in Moscow...
Migrant youths without claims will be sent home: Obama
BBC Online :President Barack Obama has told Central American leaders that migrant children flooding into the US without legitimate legal claims will be sent home.The...
BJP, Shiv Sena in politics of bullying: Rahul
TNN, Amethi :In his most vocal attack yet on the Bharatiya Janata Party and its leaders, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the saffron party had...