China Rescue Efforts Slowed by Rain After Quake Kills 398
Torrential rains slowed rescue efforts after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake killed at least 398 people in southwest China, as Premier Li Keqiang flew to the region to oversee the response to the disaster. Three people remained missing in the region around the city of Zhaotong in the southwestern... read more »
Israel, Palestinians Trade Blame in Breaking Truce
Israel and the Palestinians each accused the other of breaking the fragile seven-hour cease-fire early Monday that was intended to allow refugees a chance to go home or buy supplies. Palestinians said Israel had bombed a refugee camp in Gaza City, killing an 8-year-old girl and wounding 29 other... read more »
Six Minutes into Ceasefire, Airstrike in Gaza Kills 8-Year-Old
Gaza City / Palestinian Territories – A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics said. Witnesses and several AFP correspondents based at a nearby hotel, reported hearing the whistle of a... read more »
MHA seeks more info from CBI on Ishrat fake encounter case
IndiaVision – The Union Home Ministry has sought additional information from CBI in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case to take a call on the agency’s plea for sanction to prosecute four Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials, including its former Special Director Rajinder Kumar, in the... read more »
PM Modi likely to visit U.S. in September
The confirmation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States means two things: that Mr. Modi is keen to extend his summit-level approach to bilateral ties past the... read more »
Google Search Will Show Badaun-Type Incidents in Other Places Too: Akhilesh Yadav
New Delhi – Under intense criticism over Badaun gang-rape and murder incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that a Google search would show such crimes... read more »
Sumitra Mahajan Likely To Be Next Lok Sabha Speaker, Parliament To Be Adjourned Today
New Delhi: Sumitra Mahajan, an eight-time BJP member of Parliament from Indore, is set to take over as the next Speaker of the Lok Sabha, BJP sources confirmed today. The new Speaker will... read more »
Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet
A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 released data on Wednesday about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time the... read more »
AIADMK not to join NDA
While ruling out the entry of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam into the National Democratic Alliance, party chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday kept the door open... read more »
