China summons Japan envoy over shrine
Beijing: China on Thursday summoned Japan’s ambassador to strongly protest and condemn the visits of Japanese cabinet members to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine which Beijing says honours the “war criminals”.
Britain to reopen Yemen embassy
london: The British Embassy in Yemen will be open in the "next couple of days", the ambassador said on Thursday as she returned to the country following a terror alert.
‘Father contacted Snowden in defiance’
Moscow:The Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden on Thursday said that his father had for the first time contacted his son via the Internet in defiance of legal advice.
leftover land mine kills six in cambodia
Phnom Penh: A land mine left over from Cambodia’s three decades of civil war has killed six farmers who were returning from planting rice, a mine clearance official said on Thursday. The men had been riding a homemade tractor when the mine went off.
Pak rain, flash floods death toll rises to 96
Islamabad: At least 96 people have been killed and another 99 injured as heavy rains continue to lash different parts of Pakistan, amidst prediction of more rains. Deaths occurred mostly in North Western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where 24 people were killed.
Indian envoy presents credentials to Pak Prez
Islamabad: TCA Raghavan, the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, presented his credentials to President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday.
Israel, Palestinian peace talks resume
Jerusalem: Israel and the Palestinians on Thursday resumed their first direct peace talks under total secrecy here after a three-year of hiatus, as the Jewish nation freed 26 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture.
Anti-India protest at Embassy in nepal
Kathmandu: A little known group on Thursday staged black flag demonstrations in front of the Indian Embassy, demanding return of territory Nepal had lost to India under the 1816 Sugauli Treaty signed with the British.
Bangladesh mourns founding father
Dhaka: Black flags dotted Bangladesh’s skyline as the country on Thursday observed the national mourning day, recalling the August 15, 1975 assassination of the nation’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members.