Politics

Strongest storm in years batters California

About 150,000 people are left struggling for power as the strongest storm to lash the US West Coast in several years blows in snow, heavy rain and ferocious winds. Duration: 00:39

Dec 13, 2014

Seven dead as two suicide attacks rock Kabul

Two suicide attacks in Kabul, one targeting a play at a French-financed school, killed at least seven people on Thursday, the latest in a wave of violence assaulting the city as NATO forces pull out. Duration: 00:32

Dec 13, 2014

Residents of the foothills near Los Angeles evacuated amid storm

Residents of the foothills near Los Angeles were evacuated as a powerful storm triggered mudslides. Recent fires left the soil barren in the hills and the terrain is more vulnerable during heavy rain episodes. Duration: 00:36

Dec 13, 2014

The Disappeared: Northern Ireland searches for closure

In remote bogland in Ireland, investigators are searching the ground with radar and a cadaver dog for a victim of the IRA murdered and secretly buried in 1972. Duration: 01:07

Dec 13, 2014

French euthanasia law would mark 'great progress': Hollande

French lawmakers unveiled proposals Friday for a bill that would allow doctors to plunge terminally-ill patients into a deep sleep until they die, reviving the deeply divisive end-of-life debate. Duration: 01:27

Dec 13, 2014

The number of US homeless children reaches an all-time high

While the US government has made progress in confronting homelessness among veterans over the years, the number of homeless children has reached an all-time high. Duration: 02:24

Dec 13, 2014

Brits get festive with kitsch-but-cool Christmas jumpers

Christmas jumpers, once only thought stylish by knitting-needle wielding grannies, are enjoying a renaissance in Britain after being adopted as a festive fashion statement by young revellers. Duration: 01:10

Dec 12, 2014

Dozens dead in double bombing in Nigeria's Jos city

A double bomb attack that killed 31 people in a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos was likely to have been carried out by Boko Haram, the state government said on Friday. Duration: 00:47

Dec 12, 2014

Hong Kong 'business as usual' as activists vow to fight on

Rush-hour traffic streams through the heart of Hong Kong for the first time in more than two months after police cleared the city's main pro-democracy protest camp with mass arrests. Duration: 00:38

Dec 12, 2014

Nobel peace laureates gather for summit

Former winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace, including the Dalai Lama and Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, take part in the opening ceremony of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome. Duration: 00:31

Dec 12, 2014

NGOs, charities offer aid to IDPs fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria

In north eastern Nigeria, hundreds of thousands have fled their homes for fear of attack by Islamist group Boko Haram. In Yola, in Adamawa state, NGOs and charities are doing all they can to help those displaced. Duration: 01:53

Dec 12, 2014

'Obamacare' eyes uninsured Hispanics in second enrollment period

As the second period of enrollment for Obama's health reform kicks off, officials hope to sign up 9.1 million people for 2015, and are focusing efforts on Hispanics. Duration: 02:18

Dec 12, 2014

Fadnavis orders probe in irrigation scam in Maharashtra

Nagpur/ Amritsar, Dec 12 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Friday ordered a probe into the multi-million irrigation scam by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis justified his government's decision to order the probe. Fadnavis' Bharatiya Janata Party had made it an election issue early this year when the state went to polls. Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said the BJP government was resorting to witch-hunting against opposition leaders after coming to power. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief, Manikrao Thakre, welcomed the probe.

Dec 12, 2014

Saradha scam: CBI arrests Madan Mitra, politicos react

New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested West Bengal State Transport Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra after questioning him for his alleged role in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam case. Reacting over this CPI (M) leader Ritabrata Banerjee said that this should have happened earlier. Meanwhile, the BJP demanded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation and said that the links of Saradha scam are reaching towards the top leaders of TMC.

Dec 12, 2014

Pak MPs failed to meet Sumitra Mahajan because of me: Mani Shankar Aiyar part - 2

New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday while addressing a press conference said that he should be blamed for delaying Pakistan MPs because of which the MPs failed to meet Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. The visit of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to the Lok Sabha created a flutter after the delegation members claimed that the Speaker did not meet them after giving time. The delegation comprising 12 Pakistani parliamentarians arrived on an initiative taken by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency and their visit to the Parliament House was arranged by Mani Shankar Aiyar.

Dec 12, 2014