Australia ramps up sanctions against Russia
Australia has ratcheted up sanctions against Russia in line with the United States and European Union in response to Russian soldiers openly violating Ukraine sovereignty. Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday accused Russia of “brazenly” trying to break eastern Ukraine away from the rest of the... read more »
Man in China kills 2 in knife attack at school
Officials said a 40-year-old man stabbed students and teachers with a knife at a school in central China, killing two people and injuring four before jumping to his death. Chengguan township official Deng Yunshan said the attack took place on Monday morning at the Dongfang primary school in... read more »
42 children dead in Syrian air strikes
At least 42 children were killed in ‘barrel bomb’ explosions in Syria over the past 36 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Syrian aircrafts have dropped dozens of ‘barrel bombs’ in several areas of the country, many of them in northern Syria, areas that includes... read more »
Pakistan protestors head to Nawaz Sharif’s house
Protestors in Islamabad on Monday moved beyond the Secretariat area and headed towards the Prime Minister’s House. At least five people were injured as the police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and resorted to baton charge to prevent the protestors from moving any further,ARY News reported. A... read more »
Ratan Tata may be suffering from delusion: Amit Mitra
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday countered Ratan Tata’s remarks on lack of industrialisation in the State saying he may be suffering from delusion and that was why he... read more »
UP Police to question Yasin Bhatkal in 2010 Varanasi blasts case
Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal will soon be interrogated by the Uttar Pradesh Police, an official said on Thursday. The official said formalities for his remand are underway and... read more »
Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders
Three and a half decades after the rule of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the regime to life in prison on war... read more »
Bangladesh retrieves 23 bodies
Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday said they could recover 23 bodies so far and listed 138 as missing passengers three days after an overloaded ferry plying with an expired... read more »
Toll Hits 25 as Yemen Troops Clash With Militants
Yemen’s Defense Ministry says seven suspected Al-Qaida militants have been killed in clashes with the army, bringing to 25 the death toll among militants in an army operation aimed at defending... read more »
