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Yearly News 2015

Saudi-led coalition mistakenly kills 15 ...

Saudi-led coalition mistakenly kills 15 in Yemen

About 15 pro-government fighters were killed when Saudi-led warplanes shelled their military positions by mistake in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, a military official has said. “A convoy of tribesmen fighting alongside with the Saudi-backed government forces was mistakenly hit by... read more »

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe close to deal on controversial US base on Okinawa
For the first time in 70 years, Japan to...

For the first time in 70 years, Japan to let troops fight abroad

TOKYO: In a middle-of-the night vote that capped a tumultuous struggle with opposition parties in Parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan secured final passage of legislation on Saturday authorizing overseas combat missions for his country’s military, overturning a decades-old policy... read more »

Confusion on Netaji’s death, snoop...

Confusion on Netaji’s death, snooping on kin: What Bengal files say

The West Bengal government declassified 64 closely-guarded files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at a low-key event at a police museum in Kolkata on Friday. The firebrand freedom fighter may have survived a purported air crash in 1945 and his family was under widespread surveillance after... read more »

Hardik Patel detained before ‘Ekta...

Hardik Patel detained before ‘Ekta Yatra’, says Gujarat govt wa...

Ahmedabad: Police today detained Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel along with 35 of his supporters from Varachha area here for trying to take out the ‘Ekta Yatra’ without taking prior permission from authorities. “We detained Hardik Patel along with his 35 supporters from... read more »

Pakistan’s first indigenous drone kills 3 militants

PESHAWAR: Pakistan for the first time on Monday used an indigenous drone to attack a terrorist compound in restive North Waziristan, killing at least three high-profile militants.... read more »

10 dead after South Korea boat capsizes, search on

South Korean coastguard and navy vessels, backed by rescue aircraft, were still searching on Monday for eight people missing after a fishing charter boat capsized, leaving 10 passengers... read more »

BJP broke off alliance with Sena at my behest: Eknath Khadse

Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse has publicly accepted that the BJP decided to snap ties with its over two-decade-old alliance partner Shiv Sena a fortnight before the Assembly... read more »

Should Rathore speak more carefully on national security?

Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday that India is always prepared to “neutralise” its enemies, more specifically the 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim... read more »

Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif warns India of ‘unbearabl...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has warned India of “unbearable damage” if it tried to impose a short or long war on his country. “Let me... read more »