Suspect brought back to Capetown after three years
A man accused of arranging his wife’s killing on their honeymoon will appear in a South African court later.Shrien Dewani, 34, is accused of ordering...
International
First women joining Palestinian commando unit
AP, West Bank :Palestinian women in combat fatigues and headscarves rappelled down a six-story tower, fired assault rifles at imaginary terrorists and in a drill...
Russia warns Ukraine of civil war
AFP, Moscow :Russia on Tuesday warned Kiev that any use of force in Ukraine’s east, where pro-Kremlin militants have seized government buildings in several cities,...
Pro-Russians storm Ukraine govt bldg
AP, Ukraine :Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in several major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since...
BJP releases manifesto
TNN, New Delhi :The BJP on Monday released its manifesto focusing on improving the country’s economy and infrastructure, ending policy paralysis and curbing corruption.Contentious issues...
Court asks Kejriwal to ‘positively appear’
PTI, New Delhi :Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Monday directed by a court here to “positively appear” before it on May 21...
Musharraf to appear in murder case
AFP, Quetta :A Pakistani court hearing the murder case of a slain Baluch nationalist leader on Monday ordered embattled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to...
Royal trio visits NZ
BBC Online :The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have carried Prince George off the plane at the start of a three-week visit to New Zealand...
2 UN workers shot dead in Somalia
BBC Online :A British man is one of two United Nations workers who have been shot dead in Somalia, the Foreign Office has said.They were...
Hungary re-elects PM
Reuters, Budapest :Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won another four years in power, election results showed on Monday, while one in five voters backed a...
Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action
Al-Jazeera.com :Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has threatened to take unilateral action against Palestinians, if they press ahead with moves towards statehood.“These will only...
US to send missile destroyers to Japan by 2017
BBC Online :American Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has said the US will send two ballistic missile defence destroyers to Japan.The ships will join five US...