China, US in spat over Tiananmen
BBC Online :China has made a formal complaint to the US after the White House urged it to account for the protesters who were killed...
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Hagel defends Taliban deal for release of US soldier
BBC Online :US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says the decision to strike a deal with the Taliban for the release of a US soldier was...
7 Pak soldiers killed in Afghan border attacks
PTI, Peshawar :At least seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed and as many injured in two cross-border attacks by Taliban militants on military outposts on...
Beijing tense on Tiananmen anniv
BBC Online :Chinese security personnel have swamped Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the 25th anniversary of the Beijing massacre.Foreign journalists were ushered away from the square...
‘Dozens killed’ in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
BBC Online :Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks on villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria, the BBC has learnt.In...
Ban Ki-moon demands action
PTI, United Nations :Appalled by the brutal rape and murder of two teenaged girls in India, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has demanded action against...
Taliban releases video of US soldier handover
Reuters, Kabul :A dazed Bowe Bergdahl is led by two militants, one carrying a makeshift white flag on a stick, to a Blackhawk helicopter in...
Obama condemns Russian ‘aggression’ in Ukraine
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has condemned Russian “aggression” in Ukraine.Speaking in Warsaw to mark 25 years since the fall of communism in Poland,...
Thai army claims support from China, Vietnam
Reuters, Bangkok :China and Vietnam have expressed support for Thailand’s new military government, an army spokesman said on Wednesday, as pro-army supporters held a small...
Iranians marks Khomeini’s death anniversary
Al-Jazeera.com :Iranians are marking 24 years since the death of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Ayatollah Khomeini.The commemoration on Tuesday at his shrine...
Floods, mudslides kill 22 in Sri Lanka
AP, Sri Lanka :At least 22 people have died in Sri Lanka from two days of floods and mudslides triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains,...