Thai coup leader receives royal endorsement
BBC Online :Thailand’s military leader has received royal endorsement at a ceremony in the capital, Bangkok, after taking power in a coup last week.Army chief...
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Big wins for French far right, Britain’s UKIP rock EU polls
Reuters, Brussels :Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than...
Pakistan frees Indian fishermen
BBC Online :Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the release of 151 detained Indian fishermen as a good will gesture on the eve of...
Russia ‘open to dialogue’ with new Ukraine leader
BBC Online :Russia says it is “open to dialogue” with the new president of Ukraine, as initial results suggested Petro Poroshenko would win its election.However,...
Obama, in Afghanistan
Reuters, Afghanistan :President Barack Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Sunday to visit US forces who are wrapping up a 13-year mission and...
3 killed in Nigerian blast
BBC Online :An explosion in the central Nigerian city of Jos has killed at least three people in a suicide attack, police say.Police said the...
Boy tied to bus stop highlights struggle for disabled Indians
AFP, Mumbai :The nine-year-old boy dressed in blue lay listlessly on the pavement in the scorching Mumbai summer afternoon, his ankle tethered with rope to...
Belgium steps up security after Jewish museum shooting
BBC Online :Security has been stepped up at Jewish sites across Belgium after a gunman shot dead three people at the Jewish Museum in the...
Ukrainians vote in presidential elections
BBC Online :Ukrainians are going to the polls to vote in a new president after months of unrest following the ousting of former President Viktor...
Most EU states vote in European Parliament election
BBC Online :Voters in most EU countries go to the polls on Sunday in the fourth and final day of European elections.Since Thursday the UK,...
Pope urges end to ‘unacceptable’ Israeli-Palestinian conflict
BBC Online :Pope Francis has called for an end to the “increasingly unacceptable” Palestinian-Israeli conflict during a visit to the West Bank city of Bethlehem.His...
Russia ready for talks with Japan over disputed islands: Putin
Reuters, St Petersburg :President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia is ready for talks with Japan over disputed Pacific Islands but that Japan may...