lankans protest US envoy visit
Colombo: Hundreds of Sri lankan nationalists on Thursday marched to the US embassy here to protest a visit by a top American diplomat to discuss alleged war crimes during the last phase of the civil war against the lTTE.
lanka war: US releases pics of civilian deaths
Colombo: In a significant move coinciding with the visit of a top US official probing war crimes, American embassy here on Thursday posted pictures of places where civilians had died allegedly during Sri lanka's final war against rebel Tamil Tigers four years ago.
one-child policy: film director fined
Beijing: Renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou has been slapped with a whopping $1.23 million fine for violating the country's controversial one-child policy by having three children.
Bombing kills 23 at Iraq army centre
Baghdad: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military recruiting centre in Baghdad today, killing at least 23 people, an attack that was likely retaliation for the Iraqi government's campaign to retake two cities overrun by al-Qaeda militants.
Putin discusses
n-deal with Rouhani
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani discussed the Islamic republic's nuclear negotiations with world powers and Syria peace talks, the Kremlin said.
Father of Nigella aides nabbed for extortion
Rome: The mobster father of British celebrity chef Nigella lawson's two assistants, who were acquitted at a high-profile fraud trial in london last month, has been arrested for allegedly extorting nightclubs in Milan.
Egypt courts jail 87 pro-Morsi protesters
Cairo: Courts jailed 87 supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi to three years for taking part in unauthorised and violent protests, judicial sources said.
Six bodies found in Russia Olympic host
Moscow: Russia launched a counter-terrorism operation after six bodies riddled with bullets were found in a region bordering that of Winter Olympic host city of Sochi, just weeks before the start of the Games.
Tunisia's Islamist
pm resigns
Tunis (Tunisia): Tunisia's Islamist prime minister has announced his resignation in favor of a caretaker government that will supervise new elections. Ali larayedh of the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party had agreed to step down after lengthy negotiations with the opposition following a political crisis brought about by the assassination of a left-wing politician in July.