Israel cancels Palestinian prisoner release
BBC Online :Israel has cancelled the release of a fourth group of Palestinian prisoners over the Palestinian leadership’s pursuit of further UN recognition.Israeli Justice Minister...
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Chile leader evacuates as second big quake strikes
BBC Online :A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile, just over 24 hours after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, destroyed 2,600 houses...
‘Special police’ shot Kiev protesters
BBC Online :Ukraine’s special police were behind the killings of dozens of anti-government protesters in Kiev in February, a government inquiry says. Interior Minister Arsen...
Million Syria refugees registered in Lebanon: UN
BBC Online :The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the “devastating milestone” of one million, the UN says.Lebanon...
Israeli-Palestine talks at ‘critical’ stage: Kerry
Reuters, Algiers :Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are at a critical moment although progress was made in overnight discussions, US Secretary of State John...
8 killed as WW II bomb explodes in Bangkok
AP, Bangkok :Workers at a scrap shop in Thailand’s capital accidentally detonated a large bomb believed to have been dropped during World War II, killing...
Malaysia ‘won’t give up’ search for missing jet
BBC Online :Malaysia will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, its prime minister said as he visited the search hub in...
Nato suspends Russia coop
BBC Online :Nato foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia.Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia’s annexation of...
Sonia Gandhi files nomination from Rae Bareli
PTI, Rae Bareeli :Making yet another bid to enter Lok Sabha through the family’s pocketborough in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday filed...
Hollande’s ex-partner joins France’s new cabinet
BBC Online :French President Francois Hollande’s former partner, Segolene Royal, has joined the government in a major reshuffle by the ruling Socialists.She will serve as...
Thai court takes on new case against Yingluck
Reuters, Bangkok :A Thai Court accepted a new case against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday over her removal of the security chief three years...
