Boston bombers self-radicalised by Afghanistan, Iraq wars
byWashington, April 24 (IANS) The Boston Marathon bombing suspect has claimed that he and his brother were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs and the…
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A rebel group that is giving nightmares to Nigeria
byLagos (Nigeria), April 24 (IANS) Boko Haram, a Nigerian rebel group which battled the military over the weekend and left 185 people dead, has…
China quake: 4,000 aftershocks recorded
byBeijing, April 24 (IANS) More than 4,000 aftershocks had been recorded since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook China’s Sichuan province Saturday, authorities said Wednesday. There…
New-borns christened to remember China quake
byBeijing, April 24 (IANS) Mothers in quake-hit areas in southwest China named their new-borns with characters like “luck” and “quake” to mark their births…
Four Afghan kids killed while playing with bomb
byKabul, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Four children from the same family died Tuesday and another child was wounded when a bomb they were playing with…
Myanmar, Indonesia ink accords
byYangon, April 24 (IANS) Myanmar and Indonesia have signed four more cooperation accords following talks between Myanmar President U Thein Sein and visiting Indonesian…
Three killed in Dhaka building collapse
byDhaka, April 24 (IANS) At least three people were killed after an eight-storeyed building on the outskirts of capital Dhaka collapsed Wednesday. “Three bodies…
Mother and daughter gang-raped in Bihar
byPatna, April 24 (IANS) Three people have been arrested in Bihar for abducting and raping the mother and sister of a youth as a…
French lawmakers approve same-sex marriage
byParis, April 24 (IANS/EFE) France Tuesday became the world’s 14th country to allow same-sex marriage after legislators passed a bill authorizing such unions amid…
13 injured in Pakistan blast
byIslamabad, April 24 (IANS) At least 13 people were injured when a bomb went off outside a hospital in Pakistan’s southwest Quetta city Wednesday,…