Obama unveils $1 b security plan for eastern Europe
AFP, Warsaw :President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $1 billion US security plan for eastern Europe aimed at allaying fears over a resurgent Kremlin...
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UP gang-rape case HC seeks post-mortem reports
NDTV.com, Lucknow :The Allahabad High Court yesterday directed a petitioner to produce the copies of post-mortem reports and FIR filed by the families of victims...
Tiananmen anniv: China tightens crackdown
BBC Online :China has tightened security and widened a clampdown on dissent, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre on Wednesday. Lawyers, journalists...
Syrians vote amid civil war, set to extend Assad’s rule
BBC Online :Syria is holding a presidential election in government-held areas, amid heightened security. President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year...
BJP`s Yashwant Sinha sent to jail
PTI, Hazaribagh :Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha and 54 others were remanded in judicial custody by a local court yesterday after they refused to seek...
Sandstorm kills 4 in Iran
BBC Online :A powerful sandstorm has hit Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing at least four people and injuring about 30.At its peak, the storm brought winds...
BJP protest outside CM office, police use water canon
Reuters, India :Workers from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh on Monday over the rape and hanging of two...
Telangana born as India’s 29th state
BBC Online :India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh has formally split in two, with its northern area carved out to create a new state called...
Palestinian President Abbas swears in unity government
BBC Online :A new Palestinian unity government has been sworn in, marking a key step towards ending a major rift between factions in the West...
Bombing at NE Nigeria soccer match kills 40
AFP, Kano :A bombing at a football pitch in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday in an area previously attacked by...
King Carlos quits, son crowned
BBC Online :King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced.Juan Carlos, who is 76, has ruled since 1975, taking over...
Thailand junta announces economic crisis plan
BBC Online :Thailand’s ruling junta has announced a series of measures aimed at averting an economic crisis, two weeks after the generals took power in...