Syrian state media say at least 100 people have been killed in a government offensive to recapture the beseized western town of Qusair. The official reports say that the dead were terrorists, the term the Syrian government uses to describe rebels. Opposition activists put the number of dead at aroun...
North Korea fired its fifth short-range missile in past three days into the Sea of Japan after the latest missile drills have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.The latest firing was confirmed by a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. He said it was unclear if t...
In Pakistan, three persons lost their lives in the on-going violent incidents in different areas of Karachi today. According to police, a man was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Iqbal Market in Orang Town. Unidentified culprits opened fire in Khokhrapar area where a man was killed. Another man was gu...