South Korea demands apology as talks drag on with North over tensions
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)South Korean President Park-geun hye said Monday that she’s still waiting for an apology from North Korea as marathon talks between the two sides over a recent spike in military tensions spilled into a third day. Park said that she wants Pyongyang to apologize for... read more »
Explosion at U.S. Army base outside Tokyo lights up night sky
Multiple explosions and a large fire at a U.S. Army depot lit up the night sky in a Tokyo suburb early Monday. No injuries were reported. The blast happened after midnight at the Sagami General Depot in Sagamihara, a city about 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of Tokyo, said Navy Commander Bill... read more »
Palmyra’s Baalshamin temple ‘blown up by IS’
Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say. Syria’s head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday. The UK -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that it happened a... read more »
Sensex Tanks Over 1,200 Points in 3rd Biggest Crash in History:
The Sensex crashed 1,210 points to 26,155 at its day’s low, while the 50-share Nifty slipped below the crucial 8,000 levels for the first time in two months. All 50 shares in the Nifty traded in the red, while on the broader BSE 500 index, just five stocks traded higher. The rupee has... read more »
24 dead, 22 injured in Bangladesh bus accident
A police officer says an overnight bus packed with passengers veered off the road, hit trees and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 24 people and injuring 22 others in southwestern... read more »
12-year-old Israeli girl dies in Thailand ferry fire
The search team on Thursday found the body of a 12-year-old Israeli girl, the only fatality from a tourist boat that caught fire in the Andaman Sea in the country’s southwest, Thai... read more »
Killed red sander ‘smugglers’ taken off bus: Witness account punches holes in ...
The Andhra Pradesh police version of events with regards to the killing of 20 red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district has received a crippling blow after a ‘witness’ has come... read more »
Satyam scam: Court finds Ramalinga Raju, 9 others guilty
New Delhi/Hyderabad: A special court trying the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) in its judgement on Thursday found the firm’s founder and... read more »
UN demands access to Yarmouk refugee camp
The UN Security Council has demanded access for life-saving humanitarian aid to reach refugees trapped in Syria’s Yarmouk camp after it was partly seized by the Islamic State militant... read more »
