AP photographer’s killer to die
AP :A Kabul court announced Wednesday that the Afghan police officer charged with killing Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran AP correspondent Kathy...
International
25 students among 26 killed as train hits school bus in Telangana
TNN, Hyderabad :25 students died and several others suffered severe injuries when a school bus was hit by Nanded Passenger train at an unmanned railway...
Khamenei calls for resisting ‘murderous’ Israeli regime
Reuters, Dubai :Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called for a referendum canvassing the Arabs and Jews that live in Israel in order...
9 killed in Benghazi clashes
Reuters, Benghazi :At least nine people were killed and 19 wounded, mostly civilians, in heavy clashes overnight in Benghazi as government forces tried to oust...
Worldwide protests continue against Gaza attack
TNN, New Delhi :Over the past week, protests have swept across cities in US, Canada, Europe and several other parts of the world against the...
Arab rifts may complicate search for Gaza truce
Reuters :The push for a Gaza ceasefire risks becoming mired in a regional tussle for influence between conservative Arab states and Islamist-friendly governments, with rival...
Uproar in Indian Parliament over MP’s ‘force-feed’ fasting Muslim worker
TNN, Mumbai :The Shiv Sena MPs’ stir against the management of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, the Maharashtra government’s guesthouse, has taken an ugly turn....
France jails pro-Palestinians for rioting
BBC Online :A French court has jailed three men for rioting after a pro-Palestinian rally in a mixed suburb of Paris degenerated into anti-Semitic violence.The...
Victims begin journey home from Ukraine
BBC Online :The first planes carrying victims’ bodies from crashed flight MH17 have left Ukraine for the Netherlands, where experts will begin identifying them.The Dutch...
13 militants die in Pak air strikes
IANS, Islamabad :At least 13 militants were killed on Wednesday during air strikes carried out in Pakistan’s north Waziristan region.According to military officials, six militant...
Costa Concordia sets sail on final voyage
BBC Online :The wrecked Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, is being towed on its final journey to the port of Genoa for scrapping.Its removal...
Coal scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 186cr of Hyderabad firm
PTI, New Delhi :The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday launched its biggest money laundering action in the coal blocks allocation scam as it attached assets...