UN tribunal awards Bangladesh nearly four-fifths of area sprawling over 25,000 sq km in Bay of Bengal. A UN tribunal has awarded Bangladesh nearly four-fifths of an area sprawling over 25,000 sq km in... Read more »
US urges candidates to allow probe on fraud claims, while avoiding ‘extra-constitutional’ steps to undermine government. US President Barack Obama has spoken with Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah and rival Ashraf Ghani to... Read more »
Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says he has won but camp of ex-general Prabowo Subianto refuse to concede. Ex-general Prabowo Subianto has refused to accept a victory claim from his rival, Jakarta... Read more »
At least 16 dead and dozen others wounded in air strikes on Gaza Strip amid reports of possible ground offensive. Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed at least 16... Read more »
Despite Egyptian president’s visit to Khartoum, the two neighbours appear far from resolving their long-standing issues. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s efforts to reach out to the neighbouring regime in Sudan are... Read more »
Almost 200 neuro-scientists say $1.6b bid to recreate human-brain function on supercomputers will waste too much money. Almost 200 neuro-scientists are protesting Europe’s $1.6bn attempt to recreate the functioning of the human... Read more »
10 civilians, four NATO soldiers and two policemen killed in suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan. At least four NATO soldiers, two policemen and 10 civilians have been killed in a suicide blast... Read more »
Former foreign minister says he is the winner of the poll and that nobody who “committed fraud” should take power. Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the results of June’s presidential run-off,... Read more »
Protesters in Kenya decry government’s refusal to hold national talks on security and corruption among other topics. Thousands of people have rallied in Kenya’s capital to criticise what they call President Uhuru Kenyatta’s... Read more »
Supreme Court rejects petition but stresses such courts are not legal and their decree can not be enforced. India’s Supreme Court has rejected a nine-year-old petition seeking ban on Islamic Sharia courts... Read more »
Ex-finance minister ahead of rival with 56.44 percent of vote in preliminary results, electoral commission says. Preliminary results in Afghanistan’s presidential polls have put Ashraf Ghani, the country’s former finance minister, in the lead,... Read more »
German chancellor arrives in country for seventh visit since 2005, with economic ties and trade topping agenda. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in China for her seventh visit since 2005, with... Read more »
Water supplies have dropped in key areas due to a sharp increase in production at the rebel-controlled Euphrates Dam. Gaziantep, Turkey – When severe water cuts began to hit Aleppo province in early... Read more »
Tibetan spiritual leader says religious attacks in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and Sri Lanka unacceptable. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, has reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and... Read more »
Interior ministry says 29 dead in two separate attacks, one in same area where more than 60 died last month. Gunmen killed at least 29 people in two separate attacks in coastal Kenya... Read more »
POLISH prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a plane crash that killed 11 people – parachuting instructors and students and the pilot of the plane. THE Piper Navajo plane was carrying... Read more »
Video emerges of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Mosul mosque delivering sermon justifying fighting Baghdad government. The newly elected leader of the Islamic State has made his first public appearance since proclaiming a caliphate,... Read more »
Defence minister says national flag flying over Slavyansk after retreat of outnumbered pro-Russian separatists. Ukrainian forces have raised the national flag over the pro-Russian rebels’ main stronghold of Slovyansk after flushing them out... Read more »
BANNU: Christians and Hindus who fled from a military offensive against militants in North Waziristan say the Taliban treated them with relative tolerance, contrary to the militants’ brutal reputation. Some 2,000 people... Read more »
World welterweight title contender Amir Khan has been released on bail after the British boxer was arrested on suspicion of two assaults in the early hours of Friday morning, according to media... Read more »
About 200 lorries carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan destroyed in attack by the armed anti-government group. Taliban fighters have set fire to about 200 oil tankers supplying fuel for NATO... Read more »
Motorist’s clip shows policeman straddling woman and repeatedly punching her in head on side of California highway. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating footage that shows one of its officers straddling a woman... Read more »
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 other to life in prison Saturday, and confirmed death sentences for 10 others, most of them on the run. Badie,... Read more »
Soldiers kill 22 people at a warehouse in the town of Tlatlaya after coming under fire. Soldiers in Mexico have killed 22 people at a warehouse in a shootout that also left... Read more »