Small plane crashes outside Philippine capital, killing seven
MANILA March 17 (TNS): Seven people died when a small plane crashed into a house north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, aviation and...
Intensifying assaults in Syria spark dual evacuations
Ghouta March 17 (TNS): Syrian civilians in the last rebel-held pockets of besieged Eastern Ghouta have been urged to flee as Russia-backed regime forces...
Geelani rebuffs talks offer with India sans Pakistan
Srinagar March 17 (TNS): All Parties Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Geelani has rejected talks offer with India by an IB official, his spokesperson said...
Xi Jinping reelected as president
BEIJING March 17 (TNS): China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president.
The vote was witnessed by journalists inside...
Three killed in Kabul blast
KABUL March 18 (TNS): An explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least three people and wounded two in an apparent...
European powers propose new Iran sanctions to meet Trump ultimatum
BRUSSELS/PARIS March 17 (TNS): Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s...
Ex-FBI deputy McCabe fired days before retirement
Washington March 17 (TNS): Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has endured a year of withering attacks from President Donald Trump, was fired...
Death and exodus as two Syria assaults escalate
Ghouta March 16 (TNS): Warplanes pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Friday as Islamist groups tried to resist an advance by Russian-backed regime forces and...
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar’s ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free ‘buffer zone’
Koe Tan Kauk, Myanmar March 12 (TNS): Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village...
Florida foot bridge collapse leaves four people dead
MIAMI March 16 (TNS): A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people,...
