Seven Philippine cops killed in ambush
Manila: Communist guerrillas set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a truck carrying police in the northern Philippines on Monday, killing seven and wounding seven officers.
Bus flips over in Mexico; 16 dead
Mexico City: Mexican authorities say a bus apparently went out of control after a blowout and turned over, killing 16 people in central Hidalgo state. State attorney general’s spokesman Fernando Hidalgo says the accident happened on Sunday as a group of tourists was returning to Mexico City from a weekend trip to the thermal baths in the town of Santa Maria Amajac
3 held for london attack get bail
london: Three men arrested in connection with the beheading of a British soldier were on Tuesday released on bail while the two main accused, shot by police, remain under arrest in a hospital.
Rajapaksa arrives in China on sixth visit
Beijing: Sri lankan President Rajapaksa arrived on a 4-day State visit, his sixth, with Colombo saying that its ties with Beijing were not an “exclusive one” and would not harm interests of others.
Kuwait minister quits ahead of grilling
Kuwait City: Hani Hussein, oil minister in OPEC member Kuwait, has resigned to avoid being questioned in parliament over a USD 2.2-billion penalty payment to US Dow Chemical and other alleged irregularities.
Suu Kyi decries ban on Rohingya kids norm
Yangon: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi today criticised a ban on Rohingya having more than two children in strife-torn Rakhine state as counter to human rights, in rare comments on the plight of the Muslim group.
probe begins as body found 50 yrs later
Sydney: Australian police on Monday said they have opened a murder inquiry after the remains of a woman who disappeared
50 years ago were identified as those of a missing mother.
Dhaulagiri avalanche: 4 climbers go missing
Kathmandu: Four climbers, including a Spanish and a Japanese, are missing after an avalanche hit Mt. Dhaulagiri in Nepal. Two foreign climbers, a Spanish and a Japanese, and three Nepalese mountain guides, were hit by an avalanche at Camp Four situated at 8,000 metre elevation of Mt. Dhaulagiriin Nepal Himalayas on May 24.