Barack Obama: Spying must not hurt US-German ties
BBC Online :President Barack Obama has said he will not let controversial surveillance by US intelligence services undermine Washington’s ties with Germany.Speaking to Germany’s ZDF...
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Egypt referendum: 98pc vote for new constitution
BBC Online :A proposed new Egyptian constitution has been backed by 98.1% of people who voted in a referendum, officials say.Turnout was 38.6% of the...
Israel targets Gaza militants after Palestinian rocket attacks
Reuters, Gaza :Israel said it carried out an air strike on Sunday against a Gaza militant who it blamed for cross-border rocket attacks last week,...
Blaze threatens historic wood village in Laerdal Norway
BBC Online :Scores of people have been evacuated from a heritage village in southern Norway as a raging fire threatens its unique wooden buildings. Flames...
US hails opposition move to attend peace talks
BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed a decision by Syria’s main political opposition group to attend next week’s peace talks in...
Bushfire kills one
BBC Online :Bushfires in Australia’s Victoria state have killed one person, as parts of the country face another day of soaring temperatures.A body was found...
S Korea to boost security against North
Al-Jajeera.com :The South Korean president, Park Geun-Hye, has ordered “airtight security” against the North after a flurry of propaganda and mixed messages from Pyongyang in...
Fresh anti-Muslim riot hits Myanmar: 8 killed
BBC Online :Activists in Burma say eight Rohingya Muslims were killed by police in fresh violence in Rakhine state.Details about the incident, which is said...
Tragic, avoidable accident
BBC Online :A four-year-old US girl shot and killed her four-year-old cousin in what authorities have called a tragic and avoidable accident.The children were playing...
China, Japan engaged in a war of words
AP, Washington :China and Japan are engaged in a war of words that is lighting up editorial pages around the world as Beijing takes aim...
18 killed in stampede in Mumbai
PTI, Mumbai :Eighteen people were killed, most of them due to suffocation, and 40 injured in a stampede when thousands of people gathered to pay...
China starts relaxing one-child policy
AFP, Beijing :China began to implement the loosening of its controversial one-child policy on Friday when a province announced it has made it legal for...