Yemen: Saudi strikes rebels; Iran warns of ‘dangerous step’
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up raids against Huthi Shiite rebels on Friday in support of Yemen’s embattled president, who headed to an Arab summit to garner support as Iran warned the intervention was “dangerous”. Powerful explosions rocked Sanaa soon after rebel... read more »
New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed
An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble on Thursday and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen people and scattering debris across surrounding streets in the heart of Manhattan’s fashionable... read more »
Germanwings: Terrified passengers screamed as co-pilot ‘calmly’...
Paris: Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside. The account on Thursday of the final moments of... read more »
Singapore Extends Viewing for Lee With Mile-Long Line
Singapore’s government extended viewing hours for people to file past the coffin of first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew as thousands lined up in the city’s midday heat. The line stretched across a mile mostly along the Singapore river through the financial district. Roads had been closed earlier... read more »
Bihar Crisis: BJP Likely to Support Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi During Trust Vote, Say...
PATNA: The BJP is expected to give its Bihar unit the go-ahead to support chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in a trust vote that he will seek in the state assembly tomorrow, sources have... read more »
Pak boat explosion: Govt to probe officer who blew up in its face
Hours after The Indian Express reported the claim by a senior Coast Guard officer that India had “blown off” a Pakistani boat in the Arabian Sea early on New Year’s day, Defence... read more »
Alabama Governor Bentley apologises for assault against Indian
The Governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley, has apologised for the “unfortunate” use of excessive force by police against an Indian man early this month that left him partially... read more »
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan surged in 2014, U.N. says
More than 10,500 civilians were killed or wounded in the Afghanistan conflict in 2014, the United Nations reported Wednesday, the highest toll since the world body began counting casualties... read more »
Not a racial attack: Alabama Governor apologises for assault on I...
Washington: The Governor of the US state of Alabama has apologised for the “unfortunate” use of excessive force by police against an Indian grandfather early this month that left him... read more »
