US man charged with hugging child to death
AP, South Carolina :A US man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for hugging a 14-month-old child so tightly that the boy stopped breathing and...
International
Lightning, floods, landslides leave dozens dead in China
AFP, Beijing :Dozens of people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning,...
14 Tunis troops killed near Algerian border
BBC Online :At least 14 Tunisian soldiers have been killed in a militant attack near the Algerian border with at least 20 others wounded, the...
Philippines recovering after deadly typhoon
Al-Jazeera.com :Millions of Filipinos have endured a second day without power after typhoon Rammasun paralysed the capital Manila, and killed 38 people as it swept...
Russia condemns ‘primitive’ US sanctions over Ukraine
Reuters, Moscow :Russia condemned new US sanctions on Thursday as a primitive attempt to take revenge on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis and accused Washington...
Typhoon lashes Manila: 13 dead
AFP, Manila :The first typhoon of the Philippines’ brutal rainy season shut down the nation’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people across the...
Pak jets, US drones attacks kill 55 militants
Reuters, Pakistan :The Pakistani military said its jets killed 35 suspected militants on Wednesday as part of an anti-Taliban offensive hours after US drones attacked...
President Assad sworn in for new term
Reuters :President Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a new seven-year term, after his victory in last month’s election that affirmed his grip on...
Dutch liable for killing 300 Bosnian Muslim
BBC Online :A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands is liable for the killings of more than 300 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys...
One BSF dead, three injured in Pak firing
TNN, Jammu :In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Wednesday opened heavy fire at Indian border outposts along the international border in Jammu district,...
BJP eyes Cong split to form govt in Delhi
TNN, New Delhi :Prospects of government formation in Delhi could hinge on a group of Congress MLAs breaking away to support a BJP government to...
