Indonesian official says ‘pings’ detected in search for AirAsia...
Search and rescue teams looking for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have detected pings which may have come from the plane’s cockpit voice and data recorders, an Indonesian official said Friday. Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee, told Reuters... read more »
Sri Lanka’s new Prez Maithripala Sirisena: Man who did the impossible
In an outcome that many would have seemed impossible until a few weeks ago, Sri Lanka’s united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena defeated incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s presidential polls. “I wish to thank the thousands of Sri Lankans who kept their unstinted... read more »
Spectrum case: Relief to Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia
In a relief to Bharti Cellular Ltd. CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the order of the special court summoning them as accused in a corruption case related to allocation of additional spectrum during NDA rule in 2002. “The legal... read more »
Jean-Claude Juncker proposes further €1.8bn aid for Ukraine
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More than 600,000 flee as typhoon nears Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Haunted by Typhoon Haiyan’s massive devastation last year, more than 600,000 people fled Philippine villages and the military went on full alert Sunday to... read more »
Pakistan kills top al Qaeda leader in raid
Pakistan’s military said on Saturday it had killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted by the US over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system. “In an intelligence borne... read more »
Officials: 2 bombings kill 7 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Authorities in Iraq say two bombings targeting Shiites have killed seven people around the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say the first attack took place Saturday morning... read more »
Germany’s Left Party Secures First State Governorship
BERLIN—A quarter-of-a-century after the Berlin Wall fell, the successor to East Germany’s ruling party claimed its biggest political prize on Friday when it secured its first state... read more »
In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Dire...
Ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation’s foremost national security leaders,” Mr. Obama said in announcing Mr. Carter’s nomination in the Roosevelt Room, which was filled with the... read more »
