Ebola death toll in West Africa passes 1,000
The World Health Organization says the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 1,000. The U.N. health agency said in a news release on Monday that 1,013 people have died in the outbreak, which has hit Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and possibly Nigeria. Authorities have recorded... read more »
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over cross border firing
Pakistan on Monday summoned a top Indian diplomat over recent cross-border firing which left one person dead, officials said. Paramilitary force Pakistan Rangers said the Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing in Charwah sector across the working boundary near Sialkot Monday morning, killing a... read more »
Hillary slams Obama’s West Asia policy
Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and potential candidate in the 2016 presidential election, slammed President Barack Obama’s “Don’t do stupid stuff” foreign policy, suggesting that this lack of aggression in projecting America’s power abroad had enabled the rise of... read more »
Rob Ford says threatening email has given him 12 hours to resign or City Ha...
A bomb-sniffing black lab named Ace scoured parts of Toronto City Hall on Monday after Rob Ford publicly reported that an email had been sent to the deputy mayor and his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, threatening to blow up the building unless the mayor resigns within 12 hours. Mayor Ford read... read more »
