Iraqi troops foil jihadists’ attack on country’s biggest oil re...
Iraqi government forces battled Sunni militants for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a U.S. response to an appeal for air strikes to beat back the threat to Baghdad. The sprawling Baiji refinery, 200 kilometers (130 miles) north... read more »
Islamic State: Radical shifts needed to combat threat
US defence chiefs have spelled out their conviction that a complex long-term war will be needed, with intervention in both Syria and Iraq, if Islamic State’s “caliphate” is to be uprooted from those two countries. But there are huge and separate complexes of problems in both those... read more »
Gold remains weak on sluggish demand; silver ends lower
NEW DELHI: Continuing its losing streak for the eight straight session, gold prices shed Rs 40 to close at almost one-month low of Rs 28,100 per 10 grams in the national capital today due to slackened demand from jewellers and retailers even as the metal recovered overseas. Silver also eased by Rs... read more »
Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza, five Palestinians killed
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Jewish state, the military said, with no end in sight to the deadliest violence between the sides in years. Gaza health officials said five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a... read more »
Australia gives $4.7 million for Gaza relief
The Australian government is providing five million Australian dollars (4.7 million $) in urgent humanitarian assistance to Gaza, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Monday. The... read more »
Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post
A Pakistani mob killed a woman member of a religious sect and two of her granddaughters after a sect member was accused of posting blasphemous material on Facebook, police said on Monday,... read more »
Kejriwal declares AAP will not contest upcoming state polls
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would not contest in the upcoming polls in four states except Delhi, said party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir go to... read more »
Gaza residents see no joy in Muslim Eid holiday
One of the most joyous days in the Muslim calendar, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr was marked on Monday by tears and sorrow in the Gaza Strip, left battered by three weeks of merciless fighting... read more »
Larsen & Toubro net profit up 35 per cent to Rs 894 crore; be...
NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro Ltd reported a 34.6 per cent YoY increase in standalone net profit number for the quarter ended June 30 to Rs 894 crore. The net profit also includes Rs 171 crore as... read more »
