PESHAWAR: Pakistani intelligence officials say a US drone has fired two missiles at a compound in a northwestern tribal region, killing eight militants.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak's step-grandmother was on board the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, the country's defence minister confirmed on Saturday.

SYDNEY: Trade ministers from the world's leading economies met in Sydney on Saturday for the latest round of G20 talks, with the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 threatening to overshadow the summit.

NAGPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is learned to have told BJP president Amit Shah not to expect the organisation's help in the forthcoming assembly elections in some states, including Maharashtra, while Shah was on his first visit to the city after becoming party chief to seek the blessings of the sarsanghachalak.

PUNE: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will not receive any additional funds for infrastructural projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as the BJP government has finally drawn the curtains on the scheme and scrapped the previous government's plan to launch the second phase.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered setting up of a special court to exclusively hold trial of cases relating to irregular allotment of coal block allocations following its own footsteps in the 2G spectrum scam cases.

After re-defining the art of playing well and losing at the World Cup, Indian men get an opportunity to make amends in Glasgow.
A relatively easy group - with Australia being the only strong contenders - increases India's chances of making it to the semifinals and even winning a medal.

NEW DELHI: The Indian squash campaign in Glasgow will be spearheaded by Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal, seeded fourth and sixth respectively in the singles.

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli shelling killed four Palestinian boys on a Gaza beach on Wednesday, an incident the military called tragic, and Israel and Hamas said they would cease attacks for five hours on Thursday for a humanitarian truce requested by the United Nations.

 WASHINGTON: The United States and Europe significantly strengthened sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine on Wednesday, with Washington for the first time directly targeting Russia's banking, military and energy sectors.