Protesters march to Thai leader’s compound
Emboldened by the removal of Thailand’s prime minister, anti-government protesters withdrew from the city’s main park Monday and marched to the vacated prime minister’s office compound where the protest leader has pledged to set up his new office. Meanwhile, the country’s new caretaker... read more »
Oscar Pistorius trial resumes today as ballistics expert cross-examined
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers today start what they said may be last week of their bid to undermine the prosecution’s case that the Paralympic gold medalist murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after an argument. Since prosecutor Gerrie Nel described Pistorius’s testimony last month as... read more »
Libya : At least 40 drown as boat to Europe capsizes
Tripoli, Libya: Libyan officials said on Sunday that the bodies of at least 24 migrants attempting to make it to Europe were found after a boat carrying 130 capsized this weekend off the country’s shores. Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Bilqassem said the bottom of the small boat collapsed,... read more »
Ukraine leaders denounce independence poll as ‘a farce’
Ukraine has condemned a rebel referendum in eastern regions that its pro-Russian organisers claim gives them the right to split from the country. According to partial results, 89 per cent of voters in the Donetsk region and about 96 per cent of those in the neighbouring Luhansk province voted for... read more »
Parties slam Jayalalithaa’s decision on Rajiv case convicts
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday came under fire from political parties over her decision to release former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s killers with Congress leader... read more »
Supreme Court detain release of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins
New Delhi -Acting on a petition filed by the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision by the Tamil Nadu government to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi... read more »
Pakistan airstrikes on Taliban hideouts kill 15
Miranshah — Pakistani jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district early Thursday, killing at least 15 people a day after the insurgents offered a ceasefire to... read more »
Centre wants SC to review forgive to Rajiv’s assassins; PM against TN move
New Delhi: On the back foot after Rahul Gandhi expressed his unhappiness on the possibility of the assassins of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walking free, the Centre... read more »
Sad Rajiv Gandhi’s killers will walk free, but against deat...
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said he was saddened after Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced that seven people convicted in his father Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case... read more »
