S Koreaidles 2 n-plants after cable tests faked
Seoul: South Korea has idled two nuclear power plants after finding that test results for crucial control cables were falsified in a new blow to an industry mired in a graft scandal and safety lapses. South Korea’s trade and energy ministry said on Monday a company contracted to conduct tests, fabricated the results for cables that failed to meet international standards for capacity to withstand changes in voltage and pressure
lanka apologises for naming cyclone as Mahasen
Colombo: Sri lanka’s MeT department on Tuesday apologised to the Buddhist community for naming a deadly tropical cyclone ‘Mahasen’ after a revered king.
Indian arms handler held in Bangladesh
Dhaka: An Indian national has been arrested in Bangladesh for his alleged involvement in illegal cross border arms trading. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested Gautam Tripura, a resident of Sabroom in south Tripura, along with two other suspects, including his Bangladeshi host, from Matiranga area of Khagrachhari hill district.
23 missing as boat capsizes in Malaysia
Kuala lumpur: At least 23 people were missing when an overloaded boat on Tuesday capsized in a remote Malaysian jungle river after hitting rocks, police said. The ill-fated boat was carrying nearly three times its recommended limit, police said, adding the accident occurred on the country's longest river - the Rajang - which flows in the interior of Borneo island in Sarawak State
Malito hold presidential election on July 28
Bamako: Mali’s presidential election will be held on July 28, according to a draft law adopted by the Cabinet as the nation struggles to move on from war and an 18-month political crisis. A cabinet communique seen by AFP marked the first official confirmation of the date of the poll, seen as essential to restoring democratic rule after a coup last year paved the way for Islamist rebels to seize control of the north.
Indian sentenced to death in UAE for murder
Dubai: A 28-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to death by a UAE court for murdering an Indian woman by slitting her throat and then fleeing with her jewellery. The Court of First Instance gave the Indian man, accountant by profession, capital punishment for the premeditated murder that took place in Bur Dubai home of the deceased in September last year, the Khaleej Times reported.
16 killed in new series of Iraq attacks: officials
Baghdad: Bombings and shootings in Iraq on Tuesday killed 16 people, many of them security forces members, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence that authorities are struggling to contain. In the deadliest attack, a bomb exploded on a bus in Sadr City, a Shiite area in north Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding at least 26, security and medical officials said.