Ramallah NAM meeting cancelled as Israel bars ministers

A key meeting of Non-Aligned Movement ministers which was to have taken place in the West Bank on Sunday was cancelled after Israel denied five of them entry, officials said. Full story

22 killed as Kurd rebels storm Turkey border post

Kurdish rebels stormed a Turkish army post on the Iraq border Sunday, triggering fighting that killed 22 people in the latest clash since Ankara launched a major offensive against the outlawed PKK. Full story

Philippine school bans Muslim hijab

A Catholic-run school in the southern Philippines has caused controversy by banning Muslim students from wearing the hijab headscarf. Mehol Sadain, who heads the National Commission on... Full story

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of backing Taliban enemy

Pakistan’s interior minister has said elements of the Afghan government are likely supporting a senior Pakistani Taliban leader who is fighting to topple the Islamabad government, accusations which... Full story

India’s love of appliances boosts power consumption

Every evening before Indian executive Sushmita Rao leaves her Delhi office, she phones her maid to switch on the air conditioner so her apartment is refreshingly cool when she reaches home. Full story

India floods kill 34

Flash floods in mountainous northern Indian have killed at least 34 people and left hundreds of Hindu pilgrims stranded, officials said Sunday. Twenty-three workers at a hydroelectric power plant in... Full story

Pak cops suspended for parading people naked

Four Pakistani policemen have been suspended after allegedly parading a man and two women naked in a town in the deeply conservative Muslim country, the police officials said on Sunday. Full story

Syria’s first astronaut defects to Turkey

General Muhammed Ahmed Faris, a military aviator who became the first Syrian in space, fled to Turkey on Sunday after defecting from president Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the Anatolia news agency reported. Full story

Hundreds rally in Australia for Syrian regime

Hundreds of people rallied in Australia on Sunday in support of the Syrian regime of the president Bashar al-Assad, urging no intervention by foreign powers in the conflict. Full story

China calls in US diplomat over South China Sea

China’s foreign ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to protest against remarks by the US State Department raising concerns over tensions in the contested South China Sea, further intensifying... Full story

Detentions as Vietnam breaks up anti-China protest

The Vietnamese police detained at least 20 people on Sunday as they broke up a protest in Hanoi against Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea, witnesses said. Full story

Afghan president accepts sacking of top ministers

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, on Sunday accepted a decision by parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers but asked them to continue in a temporary capacity until they can be replaced. Full story

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Ramallah NAM meeting cancelled as Israel bars ministers

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India floods kill 34

Pak cops suspended for parading people naked

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