US military conducts operation against al-Shabaab in Somalia
The U.S. military on Monday conducted an operation against the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia, the Pentagon said. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided few details about the nature of the operation, the results of which he said were being assessed. “We are assessing the... read more »
Obama rallies Wisconsin workers at Labor Day festival
President Obama touted a rebounding economy, campaigned for a minimum wage and fired up union workers at a Labor Day festival in Milwaukee on Monday. In a campaign-style speech to a friendly union audience of about 6,000, Obama also castigated Republicans who are in “lockstep opposition to... read more »
Israeli Kibbutz residents stay away unconvinced by Gaza peace deal
The hastily-built new kindergarten’s forbidding appearance conveys a message of fear that belies the soothing words of Israel’s leaders. Charcoal grey 20-foot concrete blocks envelop what is supposed to be a safe haven for childhood innocence in startling testimony of the trauma... read more »
Islamic terrorists ‘want to hit US’
Without offering specifics on any threats or suggestions on how to confront them, the leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees urged the White House to work to prevent the Islamic State extremists from launching attacks on US soil. The bipartisan pair shared a dire... read more »
Telangana bandh hits normal life
The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram... read more »
Google is building a car without a steering wheel
Sergey Brin, co-founder of the technology titan, told a Southern California technology conference on Tuesday evening that Google will make 100 prototype cars that drive themselves and... read more »
Shiv Sena Sulk On Portfolios Over, Anant Geete To Take Charge Today
New Delhi – Anant Geete, the Shiv Sena’s lone minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, will take charge of his office in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and... read more »
Education Minister Smriti Irani ‘Not Even Graduate!’
New Delhi – Congress leader Ajay Maken has touched off a political storm with a series of tweets deriding the new Narendra Modi cabinet. In one of them, he questioned the educational... read more »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants more devolution in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hard, asking for him to deliver on his promises to devolve wide powers to the country’s Tamil-majority regions – a... read more »
