BBC News - Snakes and bees 'flush out' Boko Haram fighters
The Nigerian Army is struggling to flush Boko Haram Islamist fighters out of their forest fastness, but it seems snakes may be doing the job for them.:lol:
Two suspected Boko Haram gunmen captured by local volunteers in Maiduguri...
A few years ago, India accounted for half the world's cases of polio. Today it is officially clear of the disease. This remarkable feat is largely down to an army of women who, one step at a time, have crisscrossed the country on foot to give the under-fives polio vaccines.
Sita Devi is one of...
Iran backtracks on reports of kidnapped guards' release
Iran backtracks on reports of kidnapped guards' release| Reuters
(Reuters) - The status of five kidnapped Iranian border guards remains unclear, Iran said on Sunday, retracting earlier reports by Iranian military officials that they had...
(Reuters) - The government launched a $22 billion welfare scheme on Wednesday to give cheap food to hundreds of millions of people, a centre-piece of the ruling Congress party's plan to win a third term in office in elections due by May 2014.
The minority government sidestepped India's unruly...
Iraq cancels $4.2bn Russian arms deal over 'corruption'
Iraq has cancelled a $4.2bn (£2.6bn) deal to buy arms from Russia because of concerns about "corruption", an Iraqi government advisor has said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has suspicions about corruption within his own team, his...
World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis.
They voiced unease over what one top official described as "the single biggest risk for the world economy".
But European Commission President Jose Manuel...
Protest held outside UN against Balochistan unrest - The News
Protest held outside UN against Balochistan unrest
GENEVA: A large demonstration was held outside the United Nations here on the occasion of the 19th Session of UN Human Rights Council to condemn the human rights violations in...
Iran starts paying Indian exporters in rupees
By Ratnajyoti Dutta
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's exporters have begun receiving the first rupee payments from Iran, Indian government and trade sources said on Thursday, kicking off a mechanism to skirt Western sanctions which have made doing...