Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, International Border
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing retaliation from the Army on Saturday. There have been four ceasefire violations along the IB and LoC in Jammu and Poonch districts during the past... read more »
Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans
Two Germans freed after six months of captivity in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead one of them if ransom was not paid were flown to Manila on Saturday under the care of their embassy, a Philippine military spokesman said. Following their release on Friday,... read more »
16 killed in vent collapse at South Korea pop concert
SEONGNAM, South Korea: Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when they plunged down a ventilation shaft after a grating gave way as they watched an outdoor pop concert on Friday in Seongnam south of Seoul. “They were standing on the ventilation grate to get a better... read more »
Experts Oppose Ebola Travel Ban, Saying It Would Cut Off Worst-Hit Countrie...
Fear of Ebola is spreading faster than the disease itself, and the growing paranoia in the United States is fueling calls to impose a travel ban on people coming from the three West African nations struggling with the outbreak. In a politically tense climate, with the Nov. 4 elections just weeks... read more »
IPV offers better protection from polio virus
Within days of the government announcing inclusion of injectable inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in the immunisation programme, a study done in India has shown that a dose of... read more »
Rahul stopped Sonia from becoming PM: Natwar
Congress president Sonia Gandhi declined to become Prime Minister in 2004 because of strong opposition from her son, Rahul Gandhi, who was afraid she would be killed like his father and... read more »
13 killed as tank shells hit Gaza UN school
A Palestinian health official says 13 people were killed after tank shells hit a U.N. school in Gaza where hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge from Israeli attacks. Gaza health... read more »
Carlos Tevez’s father kidnapped: reports
Juan Alberto Cabral, father of Juventus footballer Carlos Tevez, has been kidnapped in Argentina and held to ransom, according to reports in South America. The incident is thought to have... read more »
African authorities act to stem Ebola outbreak
Nigeria closed and quarantined the hospital where a man died on Friday in the country’s first recorded case of the deadly and highly contagious pathogen. The closure of the clinic in one of... read more »
