UN restarts aid mission in Homs
BBC Online :The UN has restarted its aid mission in the besieged rebel-held Old City of Homs after hours of talks aimed at saving a...
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Hollande honoured at US state dinner
BBC Online :French President Francois Hollande has been honoured at a lavish White House state dinner, capping a visit to the US aimed at renewing...
Clinton scandal of ‘90s resurfaces with papers
New York Times :It has been more than sixteen years since the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. The 22-year-old White House intern is now a low-profile...
Anti-drone activist goes missing in Pakistan
An anti-drone activist and journalist from Pakistan is missing after being abducted from his home, his lawyer said Monday.Kareem Khan was seized from his home...
China,Taiwan in first govt talks
China and Taiwan have begun the highest-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun, the top cross-strait...
Two Koreas agree rare high-level talks
Officials from North and South Korea are to hold rare high-level talks on Wednesday, Seoul has announced, ahead of family reunions planned for later this...
Ceasefire extends for three days Hope for more evacuations from Homs
Aid organisations in Syria are hoping to evacuate more civilians from Homs after a ceasefire in the Old City was extended by a further three...
Iran flaunts launch of new missiles; US watching closely
Iran is lauding the successful test-firing of new missiles, including one designed to destroy “all types of enemy military equipment,” state media said.US officials say...
UK flood waters continue to rise
BBC Online :Several water gauges along the River Thames have measured record levels as flood waters continue to rise.Sixteen severe flood warnings are in place,...
Sushil Koirala elected new PM of Nepal
Reuters, Kathmandu :Nepal’s parliament picked a social democrat as its new prime minister on Monday after a last-minute power-sharing deal ended a deadlock that had...
Russian gunman ‘kills two’ inside Sakhalin cathedral
BBC Online :A gunman has opened fire inside a cathedral on the eastern Russian island of Sakhalin, killing a nun and a churchgoer, say reports.Six...
US aid plan seeks to shield Afghanistan from end to war economy
Reuters, Kabul :The Obama administration will unveil on Monday a package of aid initiatives it hopes will help Afghanistan, still one of the world’s poorest...