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 and a government battling the political fallout of the twin tragedies. The bodies and ashes of 20 victims... 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 government official said Thursday. The couple in their 70s were washed away on Wednesday by the... read more »
After nights of tension, calm reigns in Ferguson Wednesday
ERGUSON – Following 11 days of riots and arrests, Wednesday night in Ferguson was marked by relative calm. Authorities said there were very fewer incidents than other nights, only six people were arrested, 41 less than the previous night. “Tonight, the radios were mostly quiet,” Captain Ron... read more »
Manjhi questions Modi’s Jharkhand visit during bypoll in Bihar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday questioned the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in neighbouring Jharkhand when bypolls in 10 Assembly seats were taking place in Bihar. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is laying foundation of several projects and making speech in... read more »
39 militants killed in Khyber, North Waziristan strikes
Helicopter gunships strafed their targets in Dattakhel and Shawal tehsils of North Waziristan and in the remote Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, security officials said. In all 12 hideouts of... read more »
Israel’s surprise assassination attempt on Deif may backfire and strengthen Hamas re...
It doesn’t matter whether Hamas fired the rockets that hit the Negev Tuesday evening, or knew who fired them, or was as surprised by the fire as Israel was. Whatever the case, Israel will... read more »
Tit-for-tat with Pakistan: Game theory suggests what Modi did was right
There was never any good reason for India to engage with Pakistan in the first place, because it is well-known that that country is only defined as “not-India”, and its army needs the... read more »
How Sierra Leone is screening travelers for Ebola
With 2,240 Ebola cases now reported , the World Health Organization is urging the four countries affected by the deadly outbreak to perform exit screening at “international airports,... read more »
10 dead, 22 missing in Hiroshima landslide
TOKYO — Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris early Wednesday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 10 people and leaving 22 missing, the government... read more »
