Police file blasphemy case against TV host
Islamabad: A woman host of a morning show aired by a private TV channel has been booked along with four other persons under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law.
Japan volcano: Search resumes for victims
Tokyo: Rescue teams on Thursday resumed the search for victims of the eruption of Mount Ontake volcano in the Nagano region in central Japan, amid uncertainty over the fate of an undetermined number of missing hikers.
10 killed in Donetsk on first day of school
Donetsk (Ukraine): Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk has been shaken by violence as 10 people were killed, some of them teachers and parents showing up for the first day of school.
‘I am Alive’: Boko Haram leader
Kano: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed Nigerian military claims of his death in a new video on Thursday and said the militants had implemented strict Islamic law in captured towns. Nigeria’s military said that Shekau was dead.
Stefan lofven voted new Swedish pM
Stockholm: Stefan lofven, head of the Social Democratic Party, was on Thursday voted by Parliament to be the new Swedish Prime Minister. The new prime minister will deliver a statement on Government policy on Friday.
Bomb blast on security forces kills 11 in Pak
Peshawar: Seven students were among 11 people killed and 11 others injured in a bomb blast on a passenger van and gun battle between the security forces and militants in the restive northwest Pakistan, official said.