16 killed in Indonesia volcano eruption
Agency :At least 16 people, including four schoolchildren, have been killed after they were engulfed by scorching ash clouds spat out by Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung.The...
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Thai protesters pledge more demonstrations
AP, Bangkok :Thailand held nationwide elections without bloodshed Sunday despite widespread fears of violence. But the country’s bitter political crisis is far from over, and...
India, US ties face new test over Devyani’s legal war
TNN, Washington :Any expectation that New Delhi and Washington would tide over and quickly heal from the so-called Khobragade episode involving immunity relating to an...
2 dead as gunman shooting in Moscow school
CNN, Moscow :A student shot and killed two people and briefly took fellow pupils hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russian authorities said Monday.The...
Protests disrupt voting in Thai polls
BBC Online :Protests have disrupted Thailand’s general election, halting voting in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89% of polling stations...
Woody Allen accused of sex abuse by adopted daughter
BBC ONline :The adopted daughter of Woody Allen has renewed claims the filmmaker “sexually abused” her as a child in 1992.In an open letter, Dylan...
Rival politicians face off at summit
BBC Online :Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and opposition leader Vitali Klitschko have clashed face to face at a security summit in Munich.The two men...
4 dead in bomb blast in Lebanon
CNN :At least four people were killed and about 15 wounded when a car bomb exploded Saturday near Lebanon’s border with Syria, an official said.The...
Thai opposition under fire for election boycott
AFP, Bangkok :After two decades of election defeats, Thailand’s oldest political party stands accused of turning its back on democracy by refusing to contest controversial...
Russia, EU clash over Ukraine
BBC Online :The issue of Ukraine’s future has sparked heated debate at a security summit in Munich, with Russia accusing the European Union of double...
Devyani enjoys no immunity: US
Reuters, New York :Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat whose December arrest led to a major international dispute, holds no immunity from US prosecution and should...