Children return to Army Public School in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Child survivors of Pakistan´s worst ever terrorist attack returned to the school on Monday, where Taliban militants massacred their classmates, with both the students and their parents expressing a mixture of defiance and apprehension. The December 16 attack on the Army Public School in... read more »
Vibrant Gujarat 2015: US looks to invest $41 bn in India over next 3-4 yrs
The US business delegation attending the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit will be looking at a potential investment target of around $41 billion in India in the next 3-4 years. This was revealed in an informal survey done by the US India Business Council (USIBC), which is bringing one of the biggest... read more »
AirAsia flight data recorder retrieved near jet’s wrecked wing, secon...
Indonesian navy divers on Monday retrieved the black box flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official said. Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a... read more »
France fears more attacks, armed woman suspect at large
Key members of the French government will meet Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people at a satirical newspaper, and a supermarket bloodbath that left four hostages dead. World leaders have telephoned... read more »
Australia suffer injury scare in Shaun Marsh; batsman gets hit on hand by Josh Hazlewood&#...
Australian batsman Shaun Marsh hit his hand during net-practice for the Boxing Day Test and was led away by the team doctor as the cricketer became the latest injury scare for the... read more »
Ex-minister sentenced to death in Bangladesh
Syed Mohammad Qaisar, 73, was found guilty of 14 out of 16 charges including genocide, rape, extortion, arson and torture committed during the 1971 war, prosecutors said. Pakistani-backed... read more »
Japan parliament reelects Shinzo Abe as prime minister
Japan’s parliament reelected Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to serve another term as prime minister after his party won a snap election earlier this month. Abe won 328 votes out of the 470... read more »
Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks to take place today
A meeting of a so-called contact group aimed at ending violence in eastern Ukraine is planned for Wednesday, Russian state television quoted Denis Pushilin, vice speaker of the... read more »
Army called out as Bodo militants kill 48 in Assam
Guwahati: National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit faction) militants shot dead at least 48 adivasis, including women and children, at five different places in Assam on Tuesday. Late at... read more »
