Taiwan starts using drones to spy on China
AFP, Taiwan :Taiwan has started using unmanned surveillance aircraft to spy on China to reduce the risk to its pilots from an increased deployment of...
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Gunmen kill ‘at least 29’ in Baghdad attack
BBC Online :Gunmen have stormed two buildings in the Iraqi capital, killing at least 29 people, officials say. At least 20 of those killed were...
Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
Reuters, Kiev :Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front on Saturday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said “scores and...
Iraq forces ‘killed 255 Sunni prisoners’ : HRW
BBC Online :Iraqi security forces and government-affiliated militias appear to have executed at least 255 prisoners since 9 June, a human rights group says.The killings...
Jailing of journalists by Myanmar protested
Agency :Journalists in Rangoon wearing t-shirts to protest the jailing of four reporters and the CEO of the Unity journal were refused entry to an...
Ukraine vows action over army deaths
BBC Online :Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his forces will find and destroy pro-Russian separatists in the east who killed more than 20 soldiers...
AAP tries to reclaim lost ground in Delhi
Agency : After the drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), that has already publicly expressed its desire for re-elections in...
Pak troops violate truce in J&K
IANS, Jammu :Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire in Jammu district on Saturday targeting Indian positions with small arms and automatic weapons, an officer said. “Pakistan...
No place for a ‘new cold war’ with US: China
Reuters, Shanghai :China and the United States must avoid a “new cold war” in their international relations, China’s top newspaper said on Saturday, in the...
Thousands protest Gaza strikes in London, Paris
AP, London :Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned out on the streets of London and Paris on Friday to call for an end to Israeli military...
Kerry pushes for a deal on Afghan vote crisis
Reuters, Kabul :US Secretary of State John Kerry scrambled to produce a deal by the end of Saturday to end Afghanistan’s election crisis, meeting for...
Death toll rises to 100
BBC Online :The death toll from Israeli air strikes on Gaza has risen to 100, Palestinian sources say.The latest deaths were of two people in...