PM: Mali at war with terrorists after 36 die
Bamako: Mali’s Prime Minister Moussa Mara said on Sunday the country was “at war” with terrorists in the northern city of Kidal after clashes between separatist militants and the Malian Army left 36 dead.
Water supply hit after chemical spill in China
Beijing: A chemical spill contaminated a river in China’s Zhejiang province on Sunday, disrupting water supplies to millions of people. The spill happened at around 3 am in Fuyang city when a tanker-truck carrying tetrachloroethane overturned on a road and some of its chemicals flowed into the Fuyang section of the Fuchun river.
lanka hires Pak lawyer for UN rights probe
Colombo: Faced with an impending UN inquiry, the Sri lankan Government has hired a prominent Pakistani lawyer to defend itself over its human rights record and alleged war crimes, a media report said here on Sunday.
Head of Syrian air defence killed
Damascus: The head of Syria’s air defences was killed in clashes near the capital, Damascus, a Government official and activists said on Sunday, one of a few high-ranking military officers to be killed in the country’s 3-year-old civil war.
Balkan floods lead to Bosnia landslides
Sarajevo: landslides triggered by unprecedented rains in Bosnia have left hundreds of people homeless, officials said on Sunday, while thousands more have fled their homes in neighbouring Croatia and Serbia as Balkan countries battle the region’s worst flooding since modern records began.
Four suffocate to death in Pakistan
Islamabad: A newly-wed bride and three children were suffocated to death by generator fumes in Punjab province of Pakistan.
New bone grown from monkey’s skin cells
Washington: For the first time, scientists have successfully grown a new bone using a monkey’s own skin cells, in a step towards the development of safe stem cell therapies for humans.