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Egyptian army kills 14 militants in North Sinai

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 23:46

Fourteen militants were killed and over 32 structures, including a tunnel between Rafah and Gaza, were destroyed by Egyptian security forces in restive North Sinai in the latest military operations.

Chinese media warn US over warplane interception

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 23:22

China`s state-run media on Monday warned Washington that Beijing could treat its surveillance flights as an "act of hostility", after accusations a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US military aircraft.

Ukraine accuses Russia of opening new front before leaders` meeting

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 22:34

Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of sending soldiers across the border to open a new front in the separatist war that has devastated the east of the country and provoked the gravest East-West crisis since the fall of Communism.

Boko Haram leader says ruling Nigerian town by Islamic law

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 21:59

The leader of Nigeria`s Islamist group Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the captured northeastern town of Gwoza "by Islamic law", in the first video to state a territorial claim in more than five years of violent insurrection.

No let-up in Gaza war as Egypt presses on with truce efforts

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 23:45

Israeli air strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel on Monday, witnesses and officials said, as Egypt pressed on with efforts to broker a durable truce.

Three killed in Los Angeles shootings

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 19:47

At least three people were killed and four others wounded in a series of shooting incidents in Los Angeles, police said.

Indian-origin MP appointed shadow minister in UK

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 19:45

Indian-origin British MP Seema Malhotra has been appointed as the Labour party`s first-ever shadow minister dealing with violence against women and girls.

4 killed in Israeli air strikes on 49th day of Gaza war

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 19:43

Intensifying its military offensive in Gaza, Israel on Monday pounded Hamas targets in the coastal strip with air strikes and tanks, killing at least four Palestinians on the 49th day of the war which has left nearly 2,200 people dead.

250 Russian mercenaries killed in combat: Ukraine

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 19:34

Some 250 Russian "mercenaries" have been killed in recent fighting in the eastern regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military command said Monday.

Liberian doctor who received rare Ebola drug ZMapp dies

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 19:28

One of three African doctors infected with Ebola and treated with the experimental drug ZMapp has died in Monrovia, Liberia`s Information Minister Lewis Brown said on Monday.