
At least 36 feared dead in northeast Kenya attack: Red Cross
NAIROBI: At least 36 people are feared dead after gunmen staged a fresh attack on a quarry in northeast Kenya, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks. The incident overnight Monday to Tuesday took place some 15 kilometres (10 miles) from the remote town of Mandera and... read more »

Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear
WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and a wave of anger at law enforcement officials across the country, said Monday that he would tighten standards on the provision of military-style equipment to local police departments and provide... read more »

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan keeps key rates unchanged; EMIs won’t go ...
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan dashed expectations of the government, consumers and business leaders as he kept lending rates unchanged on Tuesday despite plunging inflation and mounting pressure to ease borrowing costs to aid a reviv Unchanged interest rates would imply your... read more »

Clashes in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests escalate
BEIJING – Clashes between Hong Kong police and protesters overnight Sunday and Monday morning marked a violent escalation for the more than two month-old pro-democracy movement in the South China port city, where many residents resent the restrictions that Beijing has set on the territory’s... read more »

Govt may give fresh affidavit in SC today: Explainer on the black money debate
An informed, mature and realistic debate on black money is too much to ask for in a country where the issue attracts intense, almost emotional public reaction. It does not help when... read more »

Police seek motive in fatal Washington state school shooting
Authorities were seeking a motive on Saturday as to why a high school student in the United States’ Washington state shot dead a female classmate and wounded four others in a... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of buying fake votes, to complain EC
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the BJP MLAs in Delhi have been directed by a top leader to buy 5000 fake votes in each constituency. Kejriwal,... read more »

Putin lashes out at U.S. as warmonger that has ‘deformed’ world order
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the United States on Friday, accusing Washington of provoking armed conflicts and undermining global security in a quest to lord its power... read more »

Iran accuses Israel of benefiting from strife in Egypt, after att...
Iran has condemned violence in the Sinai Peninsula that left dozens of Egyptian security personnel dead on Friday, accusing Israel of benefiting from insecurity in the volatile region that weakens... read more »