Former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew ‘critically ill’...
The condition of former Singaporean premier Lee Kuan Yew has deteriorated further and he is critically ill in intensive care, the government says. Mr Lee, the country’s first elected prime minister, has been receiving treatment for severe pneumonia at Singapore General Hospital since February... read more »
Letter Bound for White House Tests Positive for Cyanide
WASHINGTON — A letter intended for the White House tested positive for cyanide at an off-site mail screening facility on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Secret Service. The statement said the letter was received at the screening facility on Monday, and tested negative for biological... read more »
Class 11 student jailed for allegedly attributing ‘objectionable̵...
A class 11 student from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh was arrested and sent to prison by Rampur police following a complaint filed by Samajwadi leader Azam Khan’s aide Fasahat Ali Khan, say reports. Fasahat Ali claims that the boy had put up a post offending a particular community and attributed it... read more »
AAP row: Bhushan, Yadav need Kejriwal more than he needs them
Soon after waging a war among themselves, the factions within the Aam Aadmi Party have hit the reconciliation button following Arvind Kejriwal’s return from Bangalore. He has already held two separate meetings with the leaders of the two factions besides directing both not to go public with... read more »
Triple murder convict executed in Pakistan
Islamabad: A man convicted in a triple murder case was executed on Thursday in Pakistan`s Punjab province. Muhammad Siddique was hanged in a district jail in Toba Tek Singh city, Dawn... read more »
Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombers in Iraq, Govt still probing for verification
Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar... read more »
Protests After Lawyer’s Death in Police Firing at Court in Uttar Pradesh
Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh are on strike today, a day after a policeman fired his gun at a court in Allahabad and shot dead a lawyer. The state government on Wednesday announced Rs. 10 lakh... read more »
Australian teen among group ISIS suicide bombing in Iraq
Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar... read more »
Sri Lanka to release 86 fishermen ahead of PM Narendra Modi’...
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to release 86 Indian fishermen. The release is being initiated as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri... read more »
