The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawling commercial hub of 18 million people, took place as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government tried to engage Taliban militants in talks to end years of fighting. The attack began just before midnight when 10 Continue Reading
Month: June 2014
China on Monday confirmed that it will participate for the first time in a major U.S.-hosted naval drill this month, sending four ships including a destroyer and frigate, even as deep military distrust persists between the two countries. Beijing’s agreement to join the drills comes at a Continue Reading
World leaders and veterans paid tribute on the 70th anniversary of the World War Two D-Day landings to soldiers who fell in the liberation of Europe from Nazi German rule, as host France sought to use the event to achieve a thaw in the Ukraine crisis.Wreaths, parades and parachute-drops honored Continue Reading
A man armed with a shotgun opened fire on Thursday at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing one person and wounding three others before he was subdued by a group of students and arrested, Seattle police and hospital officials said.The 26-year-old lone suspect, who was not a student, Continue Reading
Stand up comedian Kevin Meaney, who was arrested at a New York City airport and charged with assault for elbowing a woman in the chest, will not be prosecuted, the Queens District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday. Meaney, 58, was accused of walking towards the 29-year-old woman at John Continue Reading
British rockers Coldplay retained the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, holding off new entries from Mariah Carey and Austin Mahone. Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories” clocked a second week at No. 1 with sales of 83,000 over the past week, according to Continue Reading
Pharrell Williams pauses, takes a breath and considers how the past year has unfolded for the R&B producer and singer: four Grammy Awards and three mega hit singles including a song that has galvanized countless fans to express how they’re “happy.”And the key, says Continue Reading
In a shocking incident in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district, alleged militants shot a woman through her head at point blank range with an automatic assault rifle for resisting their attempt to molest her outside her home on Tuesday evening.The Meghalaya police said the Continue Reading
U.S. manufacturing activity slowed last month and construction spending rose less than expected in April, which could temper hopes of a sharp pick-up in economic growth this quarter.The Institute for Supply Management on Monday said its index of national factory activity fell to 53.2 in May Continue Reading
Google services are being disrupted in China ahead of this week’s 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, a censorship watchdog said on Monday.GreatFire.org said in a blog post that the government appeared to have Continue Reading