Germany’s Left Party Secures First State Governorship
BERLIN—A quarter-of-a-century after the Berlin Wall fell, the successor to East Germany’s ruling party claimed its biggest political prize on Friday when it secured its first state governorship in the reunified country. The election of The Left party’s Bodo Ramelow as premier of Thuringia,... read more »
In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction
Ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation’s foremost national security leaders,” Mr. Obama said in announcing Mr. Carter’s nomination in the Roosevelt Room, which was filled with the mandarins of Washington’s foreign policy establishment. “He was at the table in the Situation Room, he... read more »
China ex-security chief’s fall cements Xi’s grip on power
The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to arrest and expel former security chief Zhou Yongkang is a bold step that demonstrates President Xi Jinping’s determination to consolidate power “to a degree unseen” in decades, observers said Saturday. Zhou — who retired from... read more »
LIVE: Army seizes Pak-made arms, food packets from slain terrorists
Taking a jibe at PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti over her statement blaming the media for yesterday’s terror attacks, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy today said the high voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir is a matter for celebration, and added that the PDP chief should now tell the... read more »
Islamic State beheads American hostage Peter Kassig, Obama calls it pure evil
Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing on Sunday and warning the United States they would kill other US citizens... read more »
David Cameron warns of looming global financial crisis
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of an impending global financial crisis, saying that “red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global... read more »
Global economy to suffer as Putin quits G20 early
David Cameron may have hailed the G20 meetings in Brisbane over the weekend as a success for the global economy. But in reality, the gathering of the world’s most powerful leaders will be... read more »
North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens’: Sangma
Shillong: North-eastern people are not “second class citizens” of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma said here Saturday.We are no less than others. How are we second... read more »
Australian PM Tony Abott welcomes PM Narendra Modi at G20 summit ...
As visiting G20 leaders trooped one by one into their summit venue, it was a warm hug for the host and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott from his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Each leader... read more »
