Tweet Guatemala City :At least 40 people were killed and 30 missing as tropical storm Agatha battered the Pacific coast of Guatemala, officials said Sunday. More than 74,000 people have been evacuated from the affected areas. Properties were also damaged. Agatha made landfall Saturday at Tecun Uman city, near the border with Mexico, affecting the [...]

Tweet Washington : The US military is reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan in the event that a successful terror attack on American soil is traced to the country’s tribal areas, according to the Washington Post. Ties between the alleged Times Square bomber, Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, and elements of the Pakistani Taliban have [...]

Tweet Jhargram (West Bengal/India) : The death toll in Friday’s train tragedy near this West Bengal town has risen to 131, police said Saturday, also blaming Maoist guerrillas for the Gyaneshwari Express accident. “We now have 131 confirmed deaths. But more bodies are now being extricated as the rescue workers have entered the worst affected [...]

Tweet Beijing : China Friday launched an investigation in corruption cases against 15,832 officials, the country’s prosecution agency said. The “work-related crimes” were committed during the first four months of this year. Among these officials, 970 were at the county level, Xinhua reported citing a statement by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP). The investigation focused [...]