REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing o...
Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved... read more »
Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said. The count of victims increased from 14 with the recovery of another body from the Malacca Strait,... read more »
Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day
A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to... read more »
UK PM David Cameron considers help for Syrian refugees
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to draw up a plan on Friday as a response to growing pressure to accept Syrian refugees, thousands of them directly from UN camps on the border with Syria. Cameron said he had been “deeply moved” by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler... read more »
Migrant crisis: Up to 200 feared dead in Libya sinking
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to 200 might have died. A security official in the western town of... read more »
Austria: Bodies of up to 50 migrants found in abandoned truck near Vienna
Austrian police found the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants in an abandoned truck, sparking a cross-border hunt for the people-smugglers responsible for the latest tragedy in... read more »
Was it All About Money? Latest Developments in Sheena Bora Case
MUMBAI: Four days after Indrani Mukerjea, a former media executive, was arrested for the murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora, the police says it is looking at whether a complicated... read more »
Sports Ministry approves names for Dronacharya Award
Wrestling coach Anoop Singh and Paralympics coach Naval Singh were among the five names officially approved by the Sports Ministry for the prestigious Dronacharya Award this year. Based on... read more »
Modi wants Posco to stay in India, PMO to take up issue with comp...
The Prime Minister’s Office is likely to take up the issue of steel giant Posco’s proposed $10.5-billion integrated steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with the Odisha government and the company... read more »
