At least 77 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday, and militants kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities in warfare showing no signs of ending soon. Eight Palestinian family members, including five children, were killed […]
The dramatic and rapid advance by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have caught many by surprise but it was a long time in the making. The dramatic and rapid advance by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have caught many by surprise but […]
Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country’s blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk. A Reuters reporter saw a convoy of about 20 military transport vehicles and buses filled with […]
Sunnis and Kurds walked out of the first session of Iraq’s new parliament on Tuesday after Shi’ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, dimming any prospect of an early national unity government to save Iraq from collapse. The United States, United Nations, Iran and Iraq’s own Shi’ite clergy […]
The economy of Pakistan is gearing up to revive itself after the country was given a GSP plus status by European union on 12th December last year. The GSP Plus status will play a big role in the revival of the country’s war-torn and flood hit economy. Pakistan will benefit […]
In a major development, Irani authorities claim to have arrested four spies who tried to sabotage Iran’s Nuclear site. “They were caught red handed”, a senior official, Ali Akbar Salehi, said emphatically. Mr. Salehi who is director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, did not give names or disclosed the […]
