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Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide

Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide

According to police in Marin County, Calif., Williams was found “unconscious and not breathing” just before noon Monday inside his home in Tiburon, Calif., following a 911 phone call. He was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. after emergency personnel arrived. They added that the actor was... read more »

Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide

Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide

According to police in Marin County, Calif., Williams was found “unconscious and not breathing” just before noon Monday inside his home in Tiburon, Calif., following a 911 phone call. He was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. after emergency personnel arrived. They added that the actor was... read more »

Pakistan claims 2 citizens killed in fir...

Pakistan claims 2 citizens killed in firing from across the LoC

Pakistan on Monday claimed that at least two of its citizens were killed and three others injured in alleged firing by Indian soldiers from across the Line of Control (LoC). The incident occurred in Charwah sector of Sialkot early Monday morning, killing two civilians and wounding three others,... read more »

Erdogan wins Turkey’s first direct presi...

Erdogan wins Turkey’s first direct presidential vote

Presidential hopeful and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to become Turkey’s first elected President. Mr. Erdogan, head of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), led Sunday’s presidential polls with 51.8 per cent of votes. Turkey’s election law says any candidate who... read more »

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Washington – The United States on Friday suspended $3.5 million in military assistance for Thailand, about one-third of its aid to the ally, and urged Americans to reconsider travel... read more »

Herat strike overshadows peace bid

Heavily-armed terrorists attacked the Indian consulate in Herat on Friday and were repulsed by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police guards stationed at the diplomatic outpost in western... read more »

One dead in Istanbul as anti-government protests flare

ISTANBUL: One person was dead and about 10 others were injured in Istanbul during violent clashes between police and protesters, officials said, in the latest eruption of anger against the Turkish... read more »