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Foley murder `terrorist attack` against US: White House

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:05

Washington: The murder of American journalist James Foley by jihadist militants in Syria was a "terrorist attack" against the United States, the White House said Friday.

US targets key financiers of Al Qaeda, Al Nusra Front

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:03

Washington: The US Friday imposed sanctions on two alleged key financiers of al-Nusra Front and Al Qaeda, authorities said.

John Lennon`s killer denied parole for eighth time

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:55

The man who shot dead Beatles star John Lennon was denied parole for an eighth time after being deemed likely to violate the law again, prison authorities said Friday.

UN Security Council meets over Russia aid convoy

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:54

United Nations: The UN Security Council met for emergency consultations today after Russia sent an aid convoy rolling into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels are fighting Kiev`s forces.

Dead floppy drive: Kenya recycles global e-waste

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:53

Machakos: In an industrial area outside Kenya`s capital city, workers in hard hats and white masks take shiny new power drills to computer parts.

Kiev, West slam Russian aid convoy to east Ukraine

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:41

The West rebuked Russia for sending scores of trucks Friday from a controversial aid convoy to east Ukraine`s rebel-held Lugansk in a move Kiev decried as an "invasion."

Three Japanese students die in California crash

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:40

Three Japanese college students were killed and five others injured when a car carrying them veered off a California freeway and struck a power pole, officials have said.

Lebanon cautions against repercussions from Syrian crisis

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:40

Beirut: Lebanon`s social affairs minister Rachid Derbas cautioned Friday that the "country is on the verge of drowning" and it cannot bare anymore the repercussions of the Syrian crisis and Syrian displaced.

No surrender: Ukraine rebels confident despite losses

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:39

Ukrainian forces may be pummelling them daily and key leaders might have just quit but defiant pro-Russian rebels say any talk of them being on the back foot is just crude propaganda from Kiev.

Puerto Ricans flock to US mainland as island crisis worsens

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 05:38

The island of Puerto Rico is depopulating, as residents stream to the US mainland fleeing the island`s economic crisis and political gridlock in search of jobs.