Over 1100 migrants rescued off Italy
BBC Online :Italy’s navy has rescued 1,123 people from inflatable boats in the space of 24 hours, as clandestine migration from North Africa reaches record...
International
Syria can meet June 30 C-arms deadline, says UN chief
Reuters, Russia :United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was confident Syria would meet a June 30 deadline to eliminate its entire chemical...
Syria in doubt on next round of peace talks
AP, Beirut :The Syrian government has not decided yet whether to take part in a second round of peace talks tentatively scheduled for next week,...
Egypt army denies Sisi’s presidential candidacy
BBC Online :Egypt’s military has denied that its chief of staff, Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, told a Kuwaiti newspaper he would run for president.Spokesman...
Australian woman lies dead for 7 years
BBC Online :An elderly Australian woman lay dead in her home for around seven years before her body was found, an inquest was told on...
RSA gold mine fire: 8 bodies recovered
BBC Online :Rescue workers at a South African gold mine say they have recovered eight bodies after a fire and rock fall.One other miner remains...
US presses Beijing over sea dispute
BBC Online :A top US diplomat has called on China to clarify or adjust its territorial claims in the South China Sea in accordance with...
Libya ‘destroys all chemical weapons’
BBC Online :Libya has destroyed all its chemical arsenal, the country’s foreign minister has announced.Mohamed Abdelaziz said that this included bombs and artillery shells filled...
US condemns Aleppo barrel bomb raids
BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned the use of barrel bombs in the Syrian city of Aleppo by forces loyal to...
Thousands without power in UK storms
BBC Online :There is further flooding while power supplies and transport are disrupted after south-west England and south Wales were hit by a powerful storm.Engineers...
Nawaz Sharif invites India for dialogue on Kashmir
IANS, Islamabad :Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday invited India to engage with Pakistan in “a result-oriented dialogue process” over the Kashmir dispute.This was necessary for...
Indian parliament uproar over Telengana state
BBC Online :There has been uproar in the Indian parliament over a controversial bill to approve the new state of Telangana in southern India.The parliament...