Israel strikes Gaza for the 7th day as death toll hits 172
Israel kept up air strikes and artillery fire on the Gaza Strip Monday despite diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed, as its offensive entered the seventh day, AFP reported. Aircraft struck three training facilities of Hamas’s military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, around the... read more »
FIFA 2014 :Huge Success for Brazil, But Not on the Field
RIO DE JANEIRO — When Mario Götze settled a crossing pass with his chest and volleyed a goal that won the World Cup, German fans roared in ecstatic release. Those from Brazil were nearly as delirious, even if it was out of relief as much as celebration. It might have seemed an odd sight,... read more »
C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents
After potentially serious back-to-back laboratory accidents, federal health officials announced Friday that they had temporarily closed the flu and anthrax laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and halted shipments of all infectious agents from the agency’s... read more »
Kerry Pushes for Solution to Afghanistan Election Crisis
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Obama administration had hoped that after years of frustration with President Hamid Karzai, a successful election in Afghanistan would finally produce a leader who could stabilize the country while working with the United States to allow an orderly withdrawal of American... read more »
President Barack Obama Congratulates Narendra Modi, Invites Him to US
Washington – In the end it just took a phone call from President Barack Obama to Narendra Modi with an invitation to visit Washington to reset a US policy that had shunned... read more »
Narendra Modi’s Roadshow in Delhi: Routes to Avoid
New Delhi – Delhi Police today issued a traffic advisory asking commuters to avoid certain roads which fall on or around the route of BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra... read more »
Elections Results 2014: A ‘Modi’fied Route in Delhi As PM To Be Lands Today
New Delhi Narendra Modi, who won a massive mandate yesterday to be India’s next Prime Minister, has flown out of Ahmedabad for Delhi, where he hold a victory roadshow this morning... read more »
‘My Life and Tenure an Open Book’: Manmohan Singh’s Last Speech as PM
New Delhi – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today addressed the nation for the last time before bowing out of office, saying “each one of us should respect the judgement you have... read more »
Narendra Modi took full advantage of people’s anger against Cong:...
The BJP has taken full advantage of the anger of the people against Congress and its policies and complete absence of a non-Congress, non-BJP alternative in the Lok Sabha polls, the Left parties said... read more »
