US school shooting: Trigger-happy nation debates gun control
byWashington: The massacre of the innocents in a Connecticut elementary school has rekindled a debate over America’s gun control laws, but prospects of any “meaningful…
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Pakistan may disintegrate again, warns A.Q. Khan
byIslamabad: Pakistan is at present in a worse situation than it was in 1971, said disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, warning that “the day…
Welcome to ‘Rocket Town’: Here raining rockets is a way of life
bySderot (Israel): The skies are clear. The air raid sirens have stopped wailing and so has the rain of rockets. The pack of journalists…
Egyptians vote in referendum on draft constitution
byCairo: Egyptians today went to polling booths to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, which has led to…
US must come together on shootings: Obama
byWashington: In a rare show of wrenching emotion, US President Barack Obama wiped tears from his face and choked on his words as he spoke…
Canada, EU too ask China to engage in dialogue on Tibet
byDharamsala: After the United States called for addressing policies that are pushing Tibetans to immolate themselves, Canada and the European Union (EU) have asked China…
27 killed in mass shooting in US school
byWashington: In one of the deadliest mass shootings in the US, at least 27 people, including 18 children, have been killed at an elementary school…
Cross-LoC civil society dialogue starts in Jammu
byJammu: Scholars, businesspersons and others from Pakistan administered Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir today began a three-day meeting to discuss issues concerning people from the…
Amazon tree species may survive warming
byWashington: Many Amazon tree species may survive man-made warming, a new genetic analysis has revealed, overturning findings that a temperature rise may cause them to…
Iran denies UN experts access to n-site again
byMoscow: Iran has again denied a request by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow its experts to visit a suspected nuclear site in…