Iran out of Syria peace talks
Reuters, United Nations :UN chief Ban Ki-moon withdrew a last-minute invitation to Iran to attend peace talks on Syria on Monday after the Syrian opposition...
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Thousands flee as rains flood hits southern Philippines
Reuters, Philippines :Emergency workers evacuated thousands of people across the southern Philippines on Tuesday, including many already made homeless by a typhoon in November, after...
Modi needn’t apologize for Gujrat riots, says Salman
TNN, New Delhi :Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who was recently seen flying kites with Narendra Modi, has said the Gujarat CM should not apologize for...
Sunanda death caused by drug poisoning
TNN, New Delhi :The forensic report of Sunanda Pushkar has revealed that her death was caused by drug poisoning. Doctors say that this means that...
CM Kejriwal vs Delhi police
Reuters, New Delhi :Sleeping on the pavement, conducting official duties from a parked car and calling himself an anarchist in a sit-in protest against the...
UAE jails 30 over ‘Brotherhood ties’
BBC Online :A court in Abu Dhabi has sentenced 20 Egyptians and 10 UAE citizens to up to five years in prison after finding them...
Suicide bomb kills four in Beirut
Reuters, Beirut :A suicide bomber killed four people on Tuesday in a residential neighborhood of southern Beirut known for its support of Shi’ite military and...
Violence continues on Kiev streets
BBC Online :Violent clashes have continued for a second consecutive night in central Kiev.Young men threw fireworks and petrol bombs at police guarding the road...
30 to die for drug smuggling in hanoi
BBC Online :A court in Vietnam has sentenced 30 people to death over heroin smuggling in what is said to be the largest such trial...
Woman gang-raped on busy Kolkata road
TNN, Kolkata :A 21-year-old woman, working in one of the biggest malls in Kolkata, was allegedly gang-raped while returning home after work on Sunday evening.Even...
Mursi faces fourth trial
BBC Online :The ousted president of Egypt, Mohammed Mursi, faces a fourth trial, on charges of insulting the judiciary.The Islamist leader and 24 other politicians,...