Senate blocks aid to Israel
In the end, the Senate couldn’t even agree to deliver emergency aid to one of the United States’ closest allies. A last-ditch effort to deliver aid to Israel during its war with Hamas died on the Senate floor, as Republicans blocked the proposal over concerns that it would increase the... read more »
Gas explosions kill 24, injure 271 in Taiwan
At least 24 people were killed and 271 others injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan’s second-largest city overnight, hurling concrete through the air and blasting long trenches in the streets, authorities said on Friday. The series of explosions about midnight on... read more »
10 killed in Bangladesh train-bus collision
At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah district. A railway official said the train smashed the crowded bus, which was carrying a groom’s family and friends back from a... read more »
Gary McKinnon is warned off seeing sick father in Scotland: Fears SNP could...
Gary McKinnon has been warned not to visit his sick father in Scotland in case the Nationalist government allows a revived American bid to extradite him. The Asperger’s sufferer was saved by a Daily Mail campaign in 2012 from previous attempts to take him to the United States for trial on hacking... read more »
‘Let Media Go, Mahabharat Bana Denge’: Threats for Family of Girls Killed in B...
Badaun, UP – The family of the two young girls who were gang-raped and found hanging from a mango tree in Katra Sahadat Ganj village in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, last week say they are... read more »
Jayalalithaa to Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi Today
New Delhi – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today amidst speculation that the BJP is trying to lure her party, the AIADMK,... read more »
FIFA offers 180,000 extra World Cup tickets
About 180,000 tickets will be available during the final World Cup sales phase beginning Wednesday, football’s governing body FIFA has announced. Tickets will be offered for all 64... read more »
East Ukraine sees fresh violence
Heavy fighting broke out Monday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk as NATO diplomats held talks in Brussels with Russia on the crisis. Pro-Russian separatists said at least five... read more »
Union Minister Gopinath Munde dies in road accident
Union Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday due to injuries sustained in a car accident at Moti Bagh around 6.30 a.m in Delhi. He was admitted in AIIMS Trauma Center with severe head injuries and... read more »
