MH370: no stone unturned, no conspiracy unconsidered
Bangkok: The hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found almost nothing since the plane went missing on March 8, leaving fertile ground for conspiracy theorists, but little comfort for the bereaved going into 2015. The only silver lining? Even the weirdest theories offer some hope of... read more »
Sony Hacking: Key North Korean websites back online after shutdown
Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after an hours-long shutdown that followed a US vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang. The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the US government was responsible for... read more »
Pakistan was warned about Peshawar school attack in August, says report
Peshawar: Government departments in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent attack on the Army Public School months before the carnage unfolded in Peshawar on 16 December. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa home ministry stated that the Taliban commander Khaksar in Orakazi, a part... read more »
Two blasts kill at least 20 in restive northern Nigeria
Two blasts rocked crisis-hit northern Nigeria on Monday, with one bombing killing at least 20 people and a second explosion setting fire to a market, where heavy casualties were feared. The targeted cities of Bauchi and Gombe have both been hit previously by Boko Haram and while there was no claim... read more »
