Singapore world’s most expensive city
Singapore has topped 131 cities globally to become the world’s most expensive city to live in 2014, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).The city’s...
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Delhi women’s hotline at risk from cash woes
Reuters, New Delhi :A 24-hour hotline for women in India’s capital, launched shortly after a fatal gang rape sparked nationwide protests in December 2012, is...
Thai emergency may be extended
Reuters, Bangkok :A state of emergency in Bangkok could be extended until anti-government protests end completely, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that he...
Ousted Ukrainian President asked for troops
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russia to send troops across the border to protect civilians, Moscow’s UN envoy has claimed.Vitaly Churkin told a Security...
Ukraine mobilizes army after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’
Reuters, Kiev :Ukraine mobilized for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to...
Nepal on alert to stop Tibetan protest
AP, Katmandu :Police in the Nepalese capital are on alert to stop protests by Tibetan refugees, including any attempts to self-immolate, next week to mark...
India to examine claims over ‘1857 rebel’ bodies
BBC Online :Archaeologists in India are examining claims that remains of people dug up from a disused well in the northern state of Punjab belong...
Thai protesters look to courts
Reuters, Bangkok :Anti-government protesters in Thailand have retreated to a central Bangkok park, freeing up traffic after blocking big intersections for more than a month,...
Libyan MPs shot, wounded as congress stormed
BBC Online :Two members of Libya’s parliament were shot and wounded when protesters stormed the General National Congress (GNC) in the capital, Tripoli.Witnesses said the...
Thailand goes for general polls
BBC Online :Voting has begun in five provinces in Thailand that were unable to hold polls in last month’s general election because of anti-government protests.No...
China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage
BBC Online :Chinese officials have blamed separatists from the north-western Xinjiang region for a mass knife attack at a railway station that left 29 people...
Medecins Sans Frontieres allowed to resume Myanmar work
BBC Online :Myanmar has allowed the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres to reopen its clinics in most of the country, two days after suspending the...