An anti-terrorism court today issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Pakistan Tehreek- i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and fiery cleric Tahirul Qadri for attacking the state Television building and the Parliament during protests here in September. 

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of cow slaughter, latching on to his meeting with a business tycoon involved in beef production. 

At least five persons were killed and two others injured today when unidentified gunmen attacked them in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. 

Philae touches down on the surface of a comet:

Indian ace Viswanathan Anand played out a fighting draw with defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fourth game of the World Chess Championship in Sochi on Wednesday

The National Investigation Agency has called five persons, including the headman of Chatala village in Barpeta district, to its Guwahati office to find clues in their probe into the Burdwan blast case and jihadi activities in the district.

The NIA called Gaon Burha (village headman) Rashid Ali Ahmed, Jahidul Islam, Batasi Begum, Saiful Islam and Saibar Ali, according to sources in the investigating agency. A NIA team led by Superintendent of Police Debojit Hazarika during their search in the village yesterday had directed the five to present themselves at the NIA office in Guwahati as they had attended a prayer meeting in a house in the village which was close to the one of Sahanur Alam, one of the main accused in the Burdwan blast case, they said.

Batasi Begum is a close friend of Sahanur's arrested wife Sujana Begum, they said adding, Rashid Ali Ahmed was called as many youths were missing from his Chatala village.

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An eight-year old Indian-origin child prodigy is among experts who will address a cyber security conference starting tomorrow where Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh is also listed as a keynote speaker.

In his address at the summit on November 14, the US-based whizkid Reuben Paul will highlight and demonstrate the need for developing the current generation with cyber security skills, according to the organisers of Ground Zero Summit to be held in Delhi.

The organisers said, "Eight-year-old Reuben Paul gives keynote at Houston Security Conference." "I started learning about computer languages around one- and-a-half years back. Now I design my own projects," Reuben told PTI.

Leaving aside the official executive jet he is entitled to, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today flew economy class on a budget airline to his home state Goa on a four-day trip during which he will visit Goa Shipyard, navy facilities and meet Coast Guard officials.

Prior to his departure, he was given a detailed briefing by the Indian Coast Guard that last for nearly two hours. Ministry sources said during the briefing, Parrikar raised a number of queries. 58-year-old Parrikar was the Goa Chief Minister till last week and had resigned from his post to take over as defence minister.

Parrikar is entitled to use the Embraer executive jet, which is part of the VVIP squadron maintained by the Indian Air Force. "This visit is part private and part official. The minister will be visiting the Naval facilities in Goa, the Goa Shipyard and carry forward his meeting with Coast Guard there," a source said.

Supreme Court judge Justice U U Lalit today recused himself from hearing death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon's plea seeking review of the apex court's order upholding his conviction and capital punishment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

As soon as the case was taken up by a three-judge bench headed by Justice A R Dave, Justice Lalit said that he had appeared for some other person in the blasts case and recused himself from hearing Memon's plea.

The apex court had earlier stayed the execution of Memon, a key conspirator along with Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, after he filed review petition. It had on March 21, 2013, upheld the death sentence of Memon.

An Indian donor has reportedly stepped in to offer a major chunk of the funds required for the construction of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Parliament Square in London.

NRI economist Lord Meghnad Desai, founder-trustee of the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, said the name of the donor will be known in due course. "I had a call yesterday from someone in India and he promised me a six-figure sum in donation.

He is a good friend and I am looking forward to that," Desai said at a briefing in House of Lords here this morning.

"The word is spreading around. We are getting very good support from donors and we have lots of pledges and money is also coming in through our website. I have also written to my colleagues in the House of Lords and they are doing their bit to help too. We are pretty sure we will achieve what we have set out to achieve," he said.

Worried over reports that Bangladeshi nationals were teaching students of a madrasa in Burdwan, the Centre is contemplating conducting a survey in some states with international border to check whether there were foreign nationals deployed in seminaries.

The move came after investigations revealed that almost all teachers at the madrasa in West Bengal's Burdwan district, where an explosion killed two persons on October 2, were Bangladeshi nationals.

The madrasa's teachers, affiliated to banned terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, were allegedly involved in indoctrination of young students and attracting them into jihadi ideology.

In addition, a secret report, submitted to the home ministry by security agencies also suggested that madrasas with Indian teachers were not involved in any jihadi or separatist activities or indoctrination.

The Delhi high court today pulled up the Centre and the city government over their failure to implement Vishaka guidelines on dealing with cases of sexual harassment against women in aviation industry.

Besides the government agencies, Justice Hima Kohli also questioned Sri Lankan Airlines for not setting up a regular internal complaints committees, as per the guidelines, at its seven offices in India to look into instances of sexual harassment.

"What steps you (Centre, Delhi government and airlines) have taken for the implementation of Vishaka guidelines in all airlines or at every workplace. You should have done it by now.

"You should ensure that Vishaka guidelines are functional in every other organisation. I am not only on this case related to Sri Lankan Airlines. The harassment is taking place at every place," the court said.

The court's oral observation came during the hearing of aplea by an Indian woman, who was employed with Sri Lankan Airlines, against Civil Aviation and Women and Child Development ministries as well as Delhi government, the airline and its official against whom allegations of sexual harassment have been levelled by the woman.

Five Congress MLAs suspended for two years for holding protests and blocking Maharashtra Governor's car outside the Assembly earlier today.

Calling the Devendra Fadnavis government "illegitimate", the agitating MLAs cried foul over the newly-elected Speaker's decision and demanded that the voting be done again.

Seeking a division of votes instead of voice vote, the Shiv Sena said the BJP has murdered democracy and alleged that Speaker Haribhau Bagde acted unconstitutionally. 

Modi@ASEAN: MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin when asked if Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been invited to India, says, "The invitation to Aung San Suu Kyi to visit India is always available as no one invites one to her 2nd home." 

Urging Rahul Gandhi to be more 'hands-on' since "I don't think he is now, not totally', Congress leader and general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said it is time the Congress "turn(s) into a cadre-based party' because "the masses have dwindled' and "we need foot soldiers'.  Read the full interview on the Indian Express.

Hmmm, seems like the BJP is miffed at being excluded from the Congress's Nehru conference. The Congress has not invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the international conference to mark the 125th birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The BJP has now accused the Congress of practicing hate politics.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said the Congress is so consumed by hatred that it does not even respect the Prime Minister of the country.

Congress leader Rashid Alvi had earlier said that his party did not extend an invitation to Prime Minister Modi as it only wanted to invite 'like-minded' people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged receipt of a letter of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a CBI probe into the role of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the FDI approval for Swan-Etisalat deal.

"I have received your letter of 3 October, 2014 requesting for a CBI probe into the FDI approval of Swan-Etisalat deal," wrote Modi in a letter to Swamy.

Swamy had written that Swan Telecom, owned by Shahid Balwa, received one of 2G Spectrum Licences at the 2001 price and it sold two-thirds of the company's equity at a higher price to Abu Dhabi company Etisalat. Describing this as a "dubious" deal, he demanded that the prime minister order a CBI probe into it.

HRD minister Smriti Z Irani tweets her condolences. "Just heard about the sad demise of Ravi Chopra. Was blessed to work with him. A lovely soul. My condolences to his loved ones."

Producer Director Ravi Chopra has passed away. Chopra who is the nephew of the late Yash Chopra was hospitalized last week at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. He was suffering from a neuro-degenerative disease and passed away at 3:30 pm today.

Chopra who directed the super-hit film 'Baghbaan' was in fact said to be making a recovery. 

And a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi (second from left) with her friends at LSR Delhi. The woman on the extreme looks like Indira Gandhi, but is not.

Suu kyi tells PM Modi that India is her second home.

That's not just empty talk, but a fact.

After the assassination of her father Aung San, Suu Kyi's mother, was appointed Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960, and she followed her mother to India.

She studied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi, and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi with a degree in politics in 1964.

In 2012, when she came to India on a official trip, she visited her alma mater.

Expecting India to "shine" at the upcoming G-20 Summit, host country Australia today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a "terrific contribution" to this grouping of top world economies. The two-day Summit of the leaders of 20 major economies of the world would begin in Brisbane on November 15.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asian summits. This is his first interaction with the pro-democracy leader.

Myanmar is in the midst of a national debate on whether to allow Suu Kyi, an opposition leader, to contest the 2015 parliamentary elections, which she is barred from at present, due to a provision in the Constitution. Suu Kyi had visited India in November 2012.

Modi@Asean: South Korean President Park Geun-hye of South Korea invites the PM to Seoul to enhance cooperation.

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed report within 10 days from the state government on the botched sterilisation surgeries in Bilaspur district, after it took suo moto cognisance of the the incident, which left 11 women dead and many critical.

Markets came off their record highs with the Nifty topping 8,400 and the Sensex ended above 28,000 for the first time led by financials ahead of October consumer price inflation and September IIP data due later in the day.

The Sensex surged 203.97 points or 0.73 per cent to trade at a new record-high of 28,114.03 and the Nifty hit a new life-time high of 8,407.35 in the intraday trades. The Sensex gained 99 points to end at 28,009 whereas the Nifty climbed 21 points to end at 8,383.

Legislators from the opposition Congress and Shiv Sena surrounded Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao as he tried to enter the Assembly.They were raising slogans against the newly-elected Speaker Haribhau Bagde for holding a voice vote in the floor test sought by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Calling the Devendra Fadnavis government "illegitimate", the agitating MLAs cried foul over the newly-elected Speaker's decision and demanded that the voting be done again.

PM Narendra Modi meets President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea. That's South Korea, not North Korea.

North Korean representatives will not be attending the 25th Asean Summit.

Another picture of the PM meeting his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong at the ASEAN summit in Myanmar.  

Former cricketer Kapil Dev accepts PM Modi's invite to be part of the Indian delegation to Australia. Kapil Dev says it's a happy day for him and Gavaskar. "What can be better than the PM himself asking us to accompany him (to Australia)," he asks.

Narendra Modi has invited Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar to be part of his tour to Australia.

He is scheduled to leave for Australia on November 14 and is currently taking part in the ASEAN- India summit in Myanmar.

Both the cricketers will represent India in a delegation led by PM Modi himself.

The PM will meet pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi this evening.

PM Modi meeting his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore. The PM said that in India when we talk about urban development Singapore is always at the forefront of the discussions. "We are celebrating 50th anniversary of India-Singapore relations. At the core of golden jubilee celebrations of India-Singapore relations should be the youth, knowledge and innovation," he said.

Both leaders are discussing the promotion of the Buddhist circuit in India.

Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said "some good outcome" would soon emerge on the issue of five fishermen facing death sentence in Sri Lanka, in which India has filed an appeal.

"Indian government has very strategic and strong diplomacy, which we are pursuing...(Let us) wait for the outcome and I'm sure that this government is fully aware of the issue and some good outcome will come," Rudy,

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs said today.

Bestselling author Dan Brown is not averse to the idea of setting one of his future novels in India saying he is fascinated greatly by the country but needs to "learn much more" about it before firming up a plan.

"Certainly I would love to (base a book in India). I am fascinated by the culture and the people besides the architecture here. I would need to learn much much more before I make any plan. But it does interest me greatly," said the "The Da Vinci Code" author said.

PM Modi is meeting the Sultan of Brunei. "Your majesty this is the first time I am meeting you. Relations between India and Brunei are very close," says Modi.

A Delhi court has sentenced four youths to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for abducting and gang-raping a Rwandan refugee, saying merely because she was working as a sex worker does not confer the right upon anyone to violate her dignity.

Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja convicted all the accused Deepak, Praveen, Vikas and Ashok Ekka,Delhi residents, for the offences under sections 366/ 34 (abduction with common intention), 376(2)(G)(gangrape) and 392/ 34 (robbery with common intention) of IPC. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 59,000 on all the convicts and ordered that it be given to the victim as compensation.

Just in: The World Boxing Association says Sarita Devi's career is finished and that her behaviour is totally unacceptable. 

The body of the Burdwan blast accused Abdul Karim was today handed over to his family in the presence of NIA officials and local police officers.

The body which was kept in the police morgue at the Burdwan Medical College, was handed over to Karim's father and his cousin Amirul Hossain after identification, police sources said.

Hossain told newsmen present at the hospital that they had identified the blast accused to be Karim from his photos published in the papers.

Mandate of people of Maharashtra has been reflected, vote of strength proves that the government should go ahead and fulfill wishes of Maharashtra, says union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy who is also the state in-charge.

However, Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre says that proper procedure is not followed in passing confidence motion by voice vote.  Speaker was biased towards BJP, division of votes was ruled out, he says.

Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan calls the minority Fadnavis government and illegitimate government. "We will protest to the governor against the governor against a government that has no majority. It has not authority to form government," he said.  The Congress demands a new vote of confidence and asks why the Speaker has not asked for a division of votes. However, the Speaker's decision is final, though the Congress can certainly appeal the decision with the governor. 

Just in: Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde to be Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 12th ASEAN-India Summit.

Modi says he is very happy to be at the ASEAN Summit. Addressing the meet, the PM says Myanmar (which is hosting the summit) is a great neighbor of India, and India shares historic relations with this nation.

"Our bilateral relations with all the nations here are very good. At the same time we attach great importance to ASEAN," he said.

Modi will also meet heads of state and government of several countries on the sidelines of the multilateral events.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organisation consisting of 10 countries of Southeast Asia,  formed on August 8, 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Followed by which the membership was also spread out to  Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma) and Vietnam.

On day 3 of the three-day Maharashtra assembly session -- the major takeaways...

1. The minority BJP government got the Speaker's post unchallenged with Haribhau Bagade unanimously elected the Speaker.

2. The Shiv Sena and the Congress withdrew their candidates.

3. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP won the floor test with a a voice vote after the NCP abstained. The Shiv Sena voted against. 

Here's what happened inside the assembly.

-- The Shiv Sena voted against the Devendra Fadnavis government during the trust vote in Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday.

-- The NCP as decided earlier abstained.

So, the government has survived with the NCP abstaining. There was no division of votes in the assembly.

Just in: The BJP wins the Trust Vote in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.The Trust Vote was a voice vote and early reports say that the Shiv Sena was sitting in the Opposition benches. The Sena voted against the BJP.

The World Boxing Federation is likely to penalise L Sarita Devi for her conduct in the Asian Games where she refused a bronze medal in protest over the judging, can now expect even heavier punishment. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended Sarita Devi for refusing to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Incheon

Sarita Devi lost in the semifinals of the women's lightweight competition at Incheon, South Korea, in September, and tried to give her medal to her opponent at the presentation ceremony as a protest.

Devi and three coaches received indefinite bans taking in the current women's world championships in South Korea pending a final ruling of a disciplinary commission.

Upset about the decision in the 60-kilogram bout, she refused to bend down to receive the medal. She then took the medal and slipped it onto the neck of Park Ji-na, who had been declared the winner of their semifinal bout.

The South Korean boxer, an eventual silver medalist, tried to give the bronze medal back to Devi, then left it on the podium.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet top Australian business leaders, including BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie and HSBC Bank Australia CEO Tony Cripps, at a roundtable in Melbourne next week.

The meeting will take place at the Government's house on November 18 after Modi has attended the G20 summit in Brisbane.

Governor of Victoria Alex Chernov is hosting the chief executives' roundtable during which the visiting Indian leader would interact with the who's who of the Australian industry and business houses.

Top Australian business leaders, including Visy Industries global chairman Anthony Pratt, BHP Billiton CEO Mackenzie, Rio Tinto (Australia) MD Phil Edmands and HSBC Bank (Australia) CEO Cripps, will attend the roundtable.

The death of Jawaharlal Nehru signalled an end to an era of open-mindedness.

It remains to be seen if India will ever recover a Nehruvian self-confidence and recreate institutions, which in their heydays brimmed with brilliant ideas.
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Incidentally, the Congress has invited TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and she is likely to attend.  

Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Wednesday said that the party has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the international conference being held to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, as it only wants to invite 'like-minded' people.

"It is a Congress party program, and we will only invite like minded people," said Alvi.

The international conference, which is to take place from November 17-18, will be attended by leaders of various political parties from India and abroad.

Earlier, party leader Anand Sharma had announced that the conference will discuss Nehru's view on democracy, inclusion, empowering India and representative global order.

The conference will be chaired by Party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi will lead the party delegation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for his social media prowess, today made his debut on Instagram, sharing a picture from the venue of the ASEAN and EAST Asia summits in Myanmar.

"Hello World! Great being on Instagram. My first photo ...this one from the ASEAN Summit, @Nay Pyi Taw," Modi said in a post on his Twitter account.

The photo taken by the Prime Minister was of the giant billboard of the 25th ASEAN Summit and of the golden bordered red carpet leading upto it at the Myanmar International Convention Centre.

Within hours of Modi posting his first image on Instagram, the Prime Minister was flooded with nearly 38,000 followers.

"The photograph itself indicates a red carpet welcome to the summit and to Instagram. We welcome you in to instagram," said one user. Modi, looking dapper in a dark suit, also posted a picture of himself making the Instagram debut.

Haribhau Bagade of the BJP is the new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker, it has been announced.

Vijay Auti of Shiv Sena and Varsha Gaikwad of the Congress had also filed nominations for the post, but withdrew their candidature today.

This is what Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tweeted at 5:37 pm, Friday, September 26.

"BJP will never, never, never have any alliance with NCP. Rumours are motivated. We exposed their corruption in assembly. Others were silent."

The BJP has of course changed its tune now. It says taking NCP's support will not hurt the party and points out that the NCP offered support, the BJP did not ask for it.

Ignored by the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena has raised the pitch of its criticism against the party. The Sena today asked how the BJP could take support from the NCP if Maharashtra had not voted for the NCP.

Things came to a head after Sena president Uddhav Thackeray addressed a meeting of party legislators last night where it was decided that the party would vote against the BJP when the trust vote came up today. The NCP has said that it will vote for the BJP. The trust vote is expected to happen post lunch.

The BJP on its part said the decision of the Sena, with which it had an alliance for 25 years in Maharashtra, was not in the state's interest. 

It's the decider for the new Maharashtra government as CM Devendra Fadnavis seeks vote of confidence on the floor of assembly today. Stay with us for the details. 

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is willing to pardon the five fishermen on death row from Tamil Nadu and release them. The five had been arrested on drug trafficking charges and sentenced to death. Sri Lankan minister Ganesan confirming the news said that the president would be pardoning the fishermen and releasing them without any conditions. 

In fresh developments, the Shiv Sena and the Congress have withdrawn their candidates for the Speaker's post in the Maharashtra assembly. Speaking about the withdrawal, Sena leader Ramdas Kadam said, "Uddhav ji has decided to support BJP's Haribhau Bagde and so we withdrew our speaker candidate Vijay Ahuti. 

Minutes after the Shiv Sena announced that it will not be voting for the BJP during the trust vote, BJP's Vinod Tawde said that they hoped the Sena would change its mind and reverse its decision. However, he was clear that it was the Sena's decision and that they were confident of winning the trust vote, as they had the numbers. 

The US and China issued a joint announcement on climate change on Wednesday, pledging to take more action to limit harmful carbon and greenhouse gas emissions and pursue cleaner forms of energy. US President Obama set a new goal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions in the US to 26 to 28 percent by 2025. President Xi announced his country will aim to peak CO2 emissions around 2030, and have at least 20 per cent of China's energy come from non-fossil fuel sources by that time.

So, there you have it. 

In what promises to be a nail-biting event worthy of a Hollywood script, rocket scientists today will attempt the challenging task of trying to land a probe on the surface of a comet. After a decade-long trek through the solar system, the European Space Agency's spacecraft Rosetta made a historic rendezvous with a comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August. The craft is now in orbit just 6 miles above the comet's surface. If all goes well, a small probe called Philae will descend from the mother ship and become the first craft to ever survive a landing on a comet.

Hours before the Devendra Fadnavis government tries to prove majority on the floor of the Maharashtra assembly, the Shiv Sena, it seems in no mood to patch up with its once former ally -- the BJP. The Sena in its mouthpiece, Saamna, has slammed the Maharashtra government for 'compromising' on its ideals.

A gold watch billed as the most expensive and most complicated in the world has fetched a record $21.3 million (Rs 131 crore) when it went under the hammer in Switzerland. The sale of the Patek Philippe 'Henry Graves Supercomplication', a handcrafted timepiece named after its original owner, a New York banker who ordered it in 1925, was the main event at a jewel and watch auction held in Geneva on Tuesday. The watch weighs more than half a kilo and comprises 900 separate parts. 

Following the deaths of eight women and the hospitalisation of 52 others after a botched sterilisation at a state-run camp in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, calls for the chief minister's resignation have grown louder. Locals are demanding that Raman Singh be held responsible for the tragedy and that he should quit on moral grounds. Meanwhile, the Congress has called for a statewide bandh to protest against the state government. 

Russia steps up nuclear plans in Iran as talks near deadline: Russia has announced plans to build new nuclear reactors in Iran -- a move with international repercussions as a deadline looms.

A doctor in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, dealing yet another blow to the country's fight against the deadly outbreak, an official has announced. 

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting the country has inaugurated a new long-range radar system capable of detecting small drones and ballistic missiles. 

Mexican protesters angry at the presumed massacre of 43 students have torched the ruling party's Guerrero state headquarters as demonstrations rocked President Enrique Pena Nieto's government. 

A two-minute silence has been observed around Scotland to mark the anniversary of the World War One armistice.

Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized today and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came under criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video. 

Iran volleyball woman held for 'links with foreigners':  Iran's judiciary said today an Iranian-British woman arrested in June after trying to attend a men's volleyball match was being held for security reasons and over "links with foreigners". 

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today there were indications of war crimes being committed in Libya, warning that the strife-torn country was "on the wrong path."

John Doar, who as a top US Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and integrate universities in the South, died today at age 92. 

Israeli army kills West Bank protester as clashes rage: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during clashes in the West Bank today as a wave of unrest gripped the country, raising fears of a new Palestinian uprising. 

The murdered wife of Indo-British millionaire Shrien Dewani sent him angry emails questioning his "feelings" for her, just days after their extravagant Bollywood-style wedding, a South African court heard today. 

Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb warned today that the conflict in the Ukraine was bringing the world to the "brink of a Cold War" but that trade sanctions were the only credible weapon against Russia. "Russia's foreign policy doctrine has Cold War elements," he told public broadcaster YLE.

Mexican police wounded a pregnant US teenager when they opened fire on a vehicle that ignored orders to stop, authorities said, in the latest episode of violence involving Mexico's security forces. 

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