Pakistan court backs Musharraf request to leave country
BBC Online :A court in Pakistan has backed ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s request to leave the country.The Sindh High Court removed Mr Musharraf’s name from...
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Philippine group protests Chinese reclamation
AP, MANILA, Philippines :Members of a political party allied with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III marked the country’s Independence Day on Thursday by protesting China’s...
Four people found murdered in Cuba
BBC Online :Cuba’s interior ministry says it believes the killings of four people, whose bodies were found west of the capital, Havana, are linked to...
500,000 flee Mosul
BBC Online :As many as 500,000 people have been forced to flee the Iraqi city of Mosul after Islamist militants effectively took control of it,...
South Sudan government and rebels ‘agree to end fighting’
BBC Online :The government and rebels in South Sudan have agreed to end fighting and form a transitional government within 60 days, Ethiopia says.The regional...
Malala to speak at Liverpool World Merit Day event
Echo, Liverpool :International education champion Malala Yousafzai has been confirmed as the headline speaker for World Merit Day.The 16 year-old education activist from Pakistan spread...
Egypt activist Alaa Abdul Fattah jailed for 15 years
BBC Online :Transport in major European cities has been disrupted by twin strikes, affecting taxis and rail services.Two-thirds of trains were not running in some...
S Korea ferry police target Yoo Byung-eun in huge raid
BBC Online :Thousands of South Korean police have raided a religious compound in search of a fugitive billionaire wanted over April’s Sewol passenger ferry disaster.Some...
Five NATO troops die in Afghanistan
Five Nato soldiers have been killed in the southern Afghan province of YAW, with local officials saying they were mistakenly hit by a US air...
New crests for foreign friends planned
The Ministry of Liberation We Affairs has said that foreign friends in Bangladesh’s War of Independence mU be given new crests following allegations that those...
Brazil gear up for World Cup but strike threat looms
Global football leaders descend no Sao Paulo Tuesday amid tendons over sub-way workers new threat to spoil Brazil World Cup party by going on strike...
Dollar mixed in Asia trading
The dollar was mixed in Asia on Thesday with few immedi¬ate trading cues to move markets, after sentiment got a boost from an upbeat US...