Taliban strike Nato base in Afghanistan
Reuters, Kabul :Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a...
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Felipe VI sworn in as Spain’s new king
BBC Online :King Felipe VI has called for “a new Spain that we will build together” after being proclaimed head of state in a ceremony...
Hosni Mubarak breaks leg
Reuters, Cairo :Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak broke his leg on Thursday after falling while walking to the bathroom at a Cairo military hospital where...
Battle for Iraq refinery as US hesitates to strike
Reuters, Iraq :Iraqi government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a...
Growing calls for Iraqi PM to quit
CNN, Washington :There’s a growing chorus-both in Washington and in the Arab world-that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has to go if there’s any hope...
Suu Kyi celebrates 69th birthday
Agency :On her 69th birthday on Thursday, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged her supporters to pray for her and continue standing...
Ukraine forces battle separatists after truce ‘refused’
Reuters, Kiev :Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday after rebels rejected a call to...
Suicide bomber targets football fans in Nigeria: 7 dead
Mail Online :At least seven people are dead after a suicide bomber triggered an explosion while football fans were watching the World Cup in Nigeria....
Russian Deputy PM holds talks with Swaraj
PTI, New Delhi :In first high-level engagement between India and Russia after NDA government came to power, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy...
Afghan president hopeful Abdullah Abdullah cries foul
Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud. Dr Abdullah said ballot boxes had been...
Congress demands minister’s resignation
PTI, New Delhi :Congress women workers yesterday staged a protest outside BJP headquarters here demanding immediate resignation of Union Minister Nihalchand Meghwal whose name has...