Cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj arrested after parking issue b...
Indian cricket all-rounder Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj was detained by police on Sunday after he reportedly got into a scuffle over a car parking issue in Panchkula, Haryana. The cricketer-turned-actor had been arrested from Panchkula today along with another person after a case under... read more »
Former Diplomat slams Omar for linking border tension with calling off talk...
Former Indian Diplomat Rajiv Dogra on Monday slammed Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for ‘linking shelling of border villages by Pakistan to the calling off of the foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan. Dogra alleged that Omar is trying to cover up his inaction during his... read more »
Supreme Court quashes all coal block allocations since 1993, terms them ill...
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled all coal block allocations since 1993. The court said all coal block allocations were done in an illegal manner and it suffered from ‘vice of arbitrariness’. While pronouncing its judgment on a batch of petitions seeking... read more »
U.S. Writer Held by Al Qaeda Affiliate in Syria Is Freed After Nearly 2 Yea...
Held for nearly two years in a prison run by an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, an American freelance writer was unexpectedly freed on Sunday, following extensive mediation by Qatar, the tiny Gulf emirate and United States ally that has successfully negotiated the release of numerous Western... read more »
How many Palestinian civilians is a single militant worth?
On the night of August 5, Gaza’s Interior and National Security Ministry posted a comment on its Facebook page decrying the damage caused by publishing names and photographs of... read more »
Movie review: ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ was worth the wait
“Sin City,” the groundbreaking, eye-popping, green screen-filled adaptation of Frank Miller’s comic books, was released in 2005. A sequel was announced almost immediately. It’s been... read more »
With thousands now dead, Ukraine refugees say aid is welcome but peace is better
SHCHASTYA, Ukraine – Zhanna Sologub doesn’t know if the rocket that struck the courtyard of her house this month was fired by pro-Russian rebels or Ukrainian government forces. What she... read more »
Malaysia finally able to mourn, as first bodies from MH17 are flown home
CARRIED by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home today to a country still searching for those on-board another doomed jet... read more »
1 S. Korean dead, 1 seriously injured in landslides in Japan
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) — A South Korean man was confirmed dead and his wife seriously injured in deadly landslides that have hit the outskirts of the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, a... read more »
