Experts Oppose Ebola Travel Ban, Saying It Would Cut Off Worst-Hit Countrie...
Fear of Ebola is spreading faster than the disease itself, and the growing paranoia in the United States is fueling calls to impose a travel ban on people coming from the three West African nations struggling with the outbreak. In a politically tense climate, with the Nov. 4 elections just weeks... read more »
India, China to have border mechanism talks in New Delhi
Indian and Chinese officials will hold their first meeting of a bilateral border mechanism here today. Media reports quoted officials sources, as saying that Thursday’s meeting is expected to focus on several issues of mutual interest to the two countries insofar as boundary patrolling and... read more »
Hong Kong blocks BBC site after video of police beating is aired
BEIJING — The BBC’s website was blocked in China on Wednesday, hours after a video of Hong Kong police beating and kicking a pro-democracy protester began circulating online. The move appears to be the first time the British broadcaster’s English-language website has been completely blocked... read more »
Aussies fighting Ebola ‘wouldn’t survive flight home’
Australia can’t deploy health workers to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa because other countries are refusing to guarantee suitable evacuation and treatment if any become sick. The federal opposition has demanded the government lift its game and send medical workers before the world loses... read more »
34 coal miners trapped underground in Bosnia
ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Thirty-four miners were trapped Friday deep inside a coal mine that collapsed in central Bosnia, officials said. They confirmed the miners were alive and had... read more »
Al-Qaida’s India wing: New outfit may be drawn from IM, SIMI
NEW DELHI: This is neither the first time that al-Qaida is threatening an India-centric jihad nor is it news that Indian jihadists are coming together with those in Pakistan and Bangladesh... read more »
The Islamic State is forcing the West out of its Iraq war wound
The first anniversary of the chemical weapons attack carried out by the Assad regime on a suburb of Damascus was just two weeks ago. Following that attack that killed at least 1,400 people,... read more »
U.S. missionary with Ebola en route to Nebraska for treatment
A third U.S. health missionary infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia left the West African country’s capital on Thursday in a plane headed for the Nebraska Medical Center in... read more »
Hackers shatter into Obamacare website, no consumer information c...
WASHINGTON — Hackers successfully breached HealthCare.gov, but no consumer information was taken from the health insurance website that serves more than 5 million Americans, the Obama... read more »
