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 »
North Korean troops ordered onto war footing by Kim Jong-un
Korea Central News Agency has issued a lengthy rant about South Korean “puppet war maniacs,” Julian Ryall in Tokyo writes. The statement warns the South Korean military to act with “discretion” and threatents them with “harsh punishment” for their provocation. It... read more »
Rupee Falls to Nearly Two-Year Low of 65.90/Dollar
The Indian rupee fell to 65.90/dollar on Friday amid fears of a currency war after China’s depreciation of its yuan. This is lowest value of the rupee since September 6, 2013, when it had hit 66.29/dollar. This takes the rupee’s fall to over 3 per cent since August 11, 2015, when China... read more »
Militants in Malaysia planned raids for guns, attacks in capital
Suspected militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) had planned to raid Malaysian army camps and police stations to seize weapons and to attack “strategic locations” in the... read more »
Islamic militants release 300 recently-kidnapped Kurds
Islamic insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country’s north who were taken captive Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish PYD... read more »
Police kill 20 sandalwood smugglers in Andhra Pradesh
TIRUPATI: Twenty red sanders smugglers were killed in an alleged encounter with a joint team of special police and forest personnel in the Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district in the... read more »
Kejriwal to lead AAP rally against land bill
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally against the BJP’s land acquisition bill at Jantar Mantar and will also lead a march to Parliament on... read more »
Kenya al-Shabab attack: Bodies recovered from Garissa university
Grief-stricken relatives have gone to identify bodies at a university in north-eastern Kenya where al-Shabab militants killed at least 147 people. The BBC’s Anne Soy at Garissa University says... read more »
