Sony Hacking: Key North Korean websites back online after shutdown
Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after an hours-long shutdown that followed a US vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang. The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the US government was responsible for... read more »
Pakistan was warned about Peshawar school attack in August, says report
Peshawar: Government departments in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent attack on the Army Public School months before the carnage unfolded in Peshawar on 16 December. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa home ministry stated that the Taliban commander Khaksar in Orakazi, a part... read more »
Two blasts kill at least 20 in restive northern Nigeria
Two blasts rocked crisis-hit northern Nigeria on Monday, with one bombing killing at least 20 people and a second explosion setting fire to a market, where heavy casualties were feared. The targeted cities of Bauchi and Gombe have both been hit previously by Boko Haram and while there was no claim... read more »
Saradha scam: Left leaders meet PM Modi, demand quick probe into Mamata gov...
With West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee already training her guns at the Left front accusing them of colluding with the BJP against Trinamool Congress, reports on Monday said that a delegation of Left leaders met Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a quicker and a coordinated... read more »
