Car bombings ‘kill 25’ in Homs
BBC Online :Two car bombs have exploded in the Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 25 people and wounding scores more, state news agency...
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Ukraine offers amnesty to pro-Russian separatists
BBC Online :Ukraine will not prosecute pro-Russian activists occupying official buildings in two eastern cities if they surrender their weapons, Ukraine’s acting President Olexander Turchynov...
Honduras, Venezuela have world’s highest murder rates: UN
Reuters, Mexico City :Honduras retains the world’s highest murder rate, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday, with the Americas overtaking Africa as...
Iran ‘won’t give up nuclear plans’
BBC Online :Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has backed talks with world powers but warned Tehran will never give up its nuclear programme.He said...
Indonesian oppon party leads parliamentary poll
BBC Online :Indonesia’s opposition Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads parliamentary polls but its star candidate may face a tougher path to the presidency, early...
BJP balloon will burst, says Rahul Gandhi
IANS, Jhunjhunu :Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday the BJP balloon will burst as it did during the 2004 and 2009 General Elections.The Gandhi...
Nothing changed during Didi’s Time: Modi
PTI, Siliguri :Taking West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee head on, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday accused her of playing vote bank...
TMC men attack EC officials in Bengal
PTI, Kolkata :Two Election Commission personnel were on Thursday beaten up while they were videographing a bike rally by Trinamool workers at Manikchak in Malda...
New possible signal detected
BBC Online :A plane searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has detected a possible new signal in the southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials say.An...
Pro-Russians build barricades in east Ukraine, Kiev warns of force
Reuters, Ukraine :Pro-Russian separatists reinforced barricades and prepared petrol bombs on Wednesday at a security services building they have seized in the east Ukrainian city...