London, British Prime Minister David Cameron is hosting a summit with senior officials from his Conservative Party to try to placate anger over promises made to Scotland during the referendum campaign. Monday’s high-level gathering at Chequers, Cameron’s official country retreat, comes amid a bitter debate over what road political reform should take after Scots opted toRead More

Kiev, Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine agreed on a complete ceasefire and buffer zone early Saturday in talks in Belarus, Russia’s state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Both sides also agreed to move heavy weaponry back from the front lines of the conflict, which had been raging fromRead More

London, Prince Charles, who has long been an outspoken campaigner on climate change, has made clear his frustration that more has not been done to tackle global warming, despite clear warnings from UN scientists of the potentially catastrophic risks it poses. In a pre-recorded video address to political and business leaders inRead More

Washington, Two U.S. jets this week intercepted six Russian planes that neared U.S. airspace off Alaska and Canadian planes intercepted two Russian bombers that approached Canadian airspace, NORAD reported. A U.S. official told CNN’s Barbara Starr that officials in Washington think the incidents were related to the visit by UkrainianRead More

Kabul, A power-sharing deal signed by presidential rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah ended the months-long dispute in Afghanistan, paving the way for a National Unity Government that will see both the key leaders at the helm. The deal has put an end the weeks of political deadlock after bothRead More

Istanbul , As many as 200,000 people have fled the area surrounding the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, in just four days as ISIS advanced into the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. It’s the biggest single displacement since the Syrian conflict beganRead More

Hong Kong,  Thousands of Hong Kong university students abandoned classes on Monday to rally against Chinese government limits on voting rights, a bellwether demonstration of the city’s appetite for turning smoldering discontent into street-level opposition. “University students must shoulder the responsibility of these times,” Nathan Law Kwun-chung, the acting presidentRead More

Sydney,Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, has expanded the powers of Australia’s counterterrorism forces and banned travel to designated “terror hot spots” such as northern Syria, but explicitly ruled that agents cannot use torture. As police stepped up patrols in the wake of an Islamic State-linkedplot to conduct filmed beheadings in Sydney, MrRead More

New York, The latest issue of the digital magazine “Dabiq” features glossy photos of smiling militants from the Islamic State group, mutilated bodies on the battlefield and articles with titles such as, “There is No Life Without Jihad” and “Foley’s Blood is on Obama’s Hands.” It refers to Americans asRead More

Washington : After 10-month journey of 442 million mile, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission entered into Mars orbit, the US space agency has said. After a 33-minute engine firing, mission controllers received acknowledgment at about 10.25 p.m. that MAVEN was into the orbit, it said Sunday night.Read More