Sri Lanka to secure delay of UN war crimes report
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said on Thursday he was optimistic about securing a delay in the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country’s civil war until the government has had time to establish a new judicial mechanism to deal with the allegations.... read more »
South Korean airline boss’ daughter imprisoned for one year in ‘...
The daughter of a South Korean national airline’s boss has been imprisoned for a period of one year for hampering aviation safety as she forced a plane to return to the New York gate and offload a steward last December because she did not like the way she had been served nuts. Judge Oh... read more »
US officer who assaulted Indian grandfather arrested; FBI to probe incident
Washington: An Alabama policeman, who allegedly assaulted a 57-year-old Gujarati man, has been arrested, six days after the brutal accident sent shockwaves among the Indian community. In another development, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will be conducting a probe into the matter to... read more »
More than 300 migrants died this week trying to reach Italy – UN agen...
More than 300 people died trying to cross the sea from Africa to Italy this week, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday, adding pressure on Europe to expand a border operation that lacks a clear mandate to save lives. The high number of deaths, including 29 people who died of hypothermia on the... read more »
Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mother in US Walmart
Washington: A woman was accidentally shot dead by a two-year-old boy who reached into her handbag and found a handgun while shopping at a Walmart store in Idaho. Police said the 29-year-old... read more »
Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UNSC
United Nations: The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a Palestinian statehood resolution that set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories by... read more »
Gunfire Hits Gambian Capital
The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is heading home just hours after speculation began about a possible attempted coup in the West African nation, something the government... read more »
AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather hampers recovery of bodies
Efforts to locate victims and wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia on Sunday are being hampered by stormy weather and strong tides. Indonesian... read more »
Bodo attacks: Ignoring intel inputs in violence-hit Assam is unpa...
Despite having intelligence inputs, the Assam government failed to stop the killing of tribals by militants of the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S), and later the... read more »
