10 dead after South Korea boat capsizes, search on
South Korean coastguard and navy vessels, backed by rescue aircraft, were still searching on Monday for eight people missing after a fishing charter boat capsized, leaving 10 passengers dead. The 9.77-tonne Dolphine, believed to have been carrying 21 passengers, capsized near the southwestern... read more »
BJP broke off alliance with Sena at my behest: Eknath Khadse
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse has publicly accepted that the BJP decided to snap ties with its over two-decade-old alliance partner Shiv Sena a fortnight before the Assembly polls in October last year only after he assured the central leadership that the party can come to power on its... read more »
Should Rathore speak more carefully on national security?
Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday that India is always prepared to “neutralise” its enemies, more specifically the 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and the Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, irrespective of where they are. Rathore’s remarks came amid... read more »
Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif warns India of ‘unbearable costR...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has warned India of “unbearable damage” if it tried to impose a short or long war on his country. “Let me reiterate that our armed forces stand fully capable to defeat all sorts of external aggression.... read more »
In Yemen, 34 civilians killed in bombing of water bottling factory
A Saudi-led airstrike on a water bottling factory in Yemen left 34 dead and dozens injured, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Saudi Arabia authorities have not responded to CNN’s... read more »
Death toll rises to 11 in Saudi fire, 200 injured
Eleven people are dead and over 200 are injured after a fire swept through an oil workers residential compound in Saudi Arabia. Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco said the cause of the... read more »
Saudi Arabia: Fire at oil workers’ residential compound kills at least 11
A large fire broke out Sunday in the basement of a sprawling residential complex in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 200, officials in the... read more »
Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf named as suspect in Bangkok bomb blast
Bangkok police have named a Thai woman wanted for questioning about the lethal shrine explosion as they said they were seeking two new suspects after bomb-making material was found in a... read more »
SC rejects plea seeking Salman Khan’s bail cancellation
The Supreme Court dismissed on Monday a petition seeking cancellation of bail of film star Salman Khan who was convicted and sentenced in a hit-and-run case. The apex court bench headed by Chief... read more »
