Mugabe’s vice-prez, ministers fired
Harare: Zimbabwe’s vice president, once seen as Robert
Mugabe’s heir apparent, has been fired along with eight cabinet allies, the Government said on Tuesday as the veteran leader purged his foes. As the elderly head of state sought to quell infighting over his successor, the chief secretary to the cabinet, Misheck Sibanda, said in a terse statement that Joice Mujuru had been fired.
NATO intercepts Russian bombers
Brussels: NATO warplanes intercepted a “significant” force of six Russian nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea, the alliance said in the latest such encounter amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine.
MH17 wreckage arrives in Netherlands
The Hague: A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday on its way to a Dutch air force base where the doomed plane will be reconstructed.
Protesters block highway, stop train in Ca
Berkeley (US): Hundreds of people marched through Berkeley for a third night a row, blocking a major highway and stopping a train as activists in this ultra-liberal bastion protest grand jurydecisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men.
First Tamil newspaper launched in UAE
Dubai: Daily Thanthi, the UAE’s first Tamil newspaper was launched here on Tuesday for Tamilians who represent the second highest Indian community in the country. It was launched by Tamil actors Prasanna, Sneha Prasanna and Sivakarthikeyan.
Chinese Army general caught with $ 98 mn
Beijing: A top Chinese General under scanner for corruption was found to have 60 houses, 400 kgs of gold jewelry and expensive art works amounting to a over USD 98 million. Former Deputy Chief of the PlA’s General logistics Department — lt General Gu Junshan — was found to have amassed goods and property worth more than 600 million yuan (USD 98 million) from bribes.