GENEVA: In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold War-style military posturing triggered by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Russia’s … read more
BAGHDAD: Militants launched a brazen attack on a military base in a restive area in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding 12, officials said. The morning attack at the base outside the city of Mosul, … read more
SEOUL (South Korea): A ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea’s southern coast on Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens … read more
GAZA CITY: An explosion in the Gaza Strip killed three Palestinians and wounded five on Wednesday, a medical official said, but the reason for the blast was unclear. The three killed were already dead on their arrival at hospital, and … read more
NEW DELHI: Six people were burned to death and another 12 seriously injured early Wednesday when a bus caught fire in southern India, police said. The injured in the accident were hospitalized in Karanataka state, police official Srinivas Murthy said. … read more