Ebola in New York: Doctor tests positive for deadly disease after returning...
Authorities in New York confirmed on Thursday night that a doctor who had recently returned to his home in Harlem after working for Doctors Without Borders in Guinea helping treat patients with Ebola had tested positive for the disease and had been put in isolation at a Manhattan hospital. The... read more »
Boko Haram Said to Abduct More Women in Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal — Scores of young women have been kidnapped in new abductions by Islamist militants in Nigeria, according to local journalists, a Roman Catholic bishop and news reports, indicating that Boko Haram’s campaign of violence is continuing despite official reports of a cease-fire with... read more »
Islamic State among world’s richest militant groups: US
WASHINGTON: The Islamic State has fast become one of the world’s wealthiest terror groups, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion, officials said on Thursday. It earns $1 million a day alone by selling crude oil from fields captured... read more »
After Andhra Pradesh Rahul Gandhi now visits cyclone hit Odisha
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the cyclone-hit areas of Odisha on Monday. He interacted with people and assured them that his party will help them in getting back to normal life. He also met the farmers who suffered extensive damages to their crops due to the cyclone in Jeypore of... read more »
Kidnapped Mexican congressman’s burnt body found, organised crime suspected
Mexico City: Mexican authorities have confirmed that as per forensic tests results, the two completely burnt bodies found this week in an SUV are those of a kidnapped congressman and one of... read more »
20 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERERS OF FORMER MISS VENEZUELA
The three guilty of killing Miss Venezuela 2004 and actress Monica Spear and her husband Thomas Henry are sentenced to more than 20 years in jail. The beauty queen and her husband were shot... read more »
Nigeria: Troops killed man acting as Boko Haram leader
Nigerian forces battling the Islamist terror group Boko Haram have killed a man suspected of acting as the group’s leader, Nigeria’s Defense Ministry said. The soldiers and Boko... read more »
Veteran batsman Younis not named in ‘new and younger’ ODI, T20 Pak squad
Veteran batsman Younis Khan failed to find a spot in the ODI team as Pakistan announced the squads for the upcoming one-day and Twenty20 series with Australia. The Pakistan-Australia... read more »
Atapattu takes over as Sri Lanka head coach
The executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has “unanimously approved and appointed” Atapattu with immediate effect, the SLC said in a statement without revealing terms and tenure... read more »
