Cigarette company told to pay $23.6b to victims wife
BBC Online :A US court has ordered the country’s second largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion (£13.8bn) to the wife of a smoker who...
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Afghan EC suspends vote audit
BBC Online :Afghanistan’s election commission has suspended an audit of votes from June’s hotly-disputed presidential run-off.The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said this was due to...
WB cops under CBI scanner
PTI, New Delhi :Some officers of West Bengal Police are under the scanner of CBI for alleged destruction of crucial documents related to Saradha scam...
West toughens calls on Russia to cooperate over MH17 air crash
Reuters, Ukraine :Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence to cover up their guilt in the shooting down of a Malaysian...
Russia providing heavy weapons to Ukrainian rebels: Pentagon
PTI, Washington :The Pentagon has alleged that Russia continues to provide the separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine with heavy weapons and other military equipment, in...
Millions back Suu Kyi’s call for Myanmar charter change
AFP, Yangon :Myanmar’s opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader Aung San SuuKyi from becoming...
Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issues ultimatum
BBC Online :Iraqi Christians are fleeing Mosul after Islamist militants threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam or paid a “protection tax”.A statement...
ISIL killed 270 during Syrian gas field takeover
Reuters, Beirut :Militant group Islamic State killed 270 soldiers, guards and staff when they captured a Syrian gas field on Thursday in the bloodiest clashes...
38 killed in China highway collision
Reuters, Beijing :At least 38 people were killed in a collision between a bus and a van carrying flammable liquids in southern China, state media...
US drone strike kills 8 in NW Pakistan
AP, Peshawar :Pakistani intelligence officials say a US drone has fired two missiles at a compound in a northwestern tribal region, killing eight militants.Two officials...
Iran, powers extend talks after missing nuclear deal deadline
Reuters, Vienna :Iran and six powers agreed to continue talking for four more months after failing to meet a July 20 deadline to reach a...
AAP accuses BJP of conspiring against its workers
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :A day after the Delhi police arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Dilip Pandey and two other party members on the...