Iraqi militants executed 160 captives
AP, Baghdad :Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in the northern city of Tikrit, Human Rights Watch said on Friday, citing...
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Israel offers to help Arab nations over Iraq crisis
AFP, Paris :Israel offered to help moderate Arab nations threatened by a lightning offensive by Islamic militants in Iraq, as the country’s top diplomat met...
Jordan acquits Abu Qatada of terror plot charges
CNN :A Jordanian court Thursday acquitted radical cleric Abu Qatada of charges of conspiracy to bomb an American school in the late 1990s, state media...
Kerry demands Russia action on Ukraine ‘in hours’
BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Russia to show “within hours” it is working to disarm separatist militants in eastern...
Nigeria bomb blast kills 21
Al-Jazeera.com :An explosion has hit a crowded shopping centre in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.Wednesday’s...
Syrian planes strike in Iraq: 57 killed
CNN, Iraq :Reports that Syrian warplanes carried out a cross-border attack on Iraqi towns this week is further evidence of the blurring between the two...
Kerry issues warning after Syria bombs Iraq
AP, Baghdad :Syrian warplanes bombed Sunni militants’ positions inside Iraq, military officials confirmed Wednesday, deepening the concerns that the extremist insurgency that spans the two...
New search area announced
BBC Online :A new search area for the missing Malaysian plane has been announced by the Australian government after further analysis of satellite data.The search...
Amit Shah to be new BJP president
Agency :Amit Shah, who scripted the BJP’s spectacular victory in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha polls, has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Rajnath...
Fleeing Pakistanis crowd border towns, asking ‘why weren’t we warned?’
CNN, Pakistan :The road to Bannu city in the northwest of Pakistan is a journey through the elements.Harsh wind and rain make way for bursts...
Afghan troops battle mass Taliban assault in Helmand
BBC Online :At least 100 Taliban militants have been killed in fighting around four military checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, local officials say.Five days of clashes...
Delhi-Dibrugarh Express train derails, 4 killed
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :Twelve coaches of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (12236) derailed near Golden Ganj station in Bihar early Wednesday, killing at least...