3 dead, many missing in jade mine landslide
Yangon: Rescuers continued to comb through rubble on Thursday for victims of a landslide at a jade mine in war-torn northern Myanmar that killed at least three people, according to police. An unknown number of miners are missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Hpakant town in Kachin State on Tuesday evening, a local police officer told AFP.
Suicide attacks kill 23 in Iraq
Baghdad: Suicide attacks targeting security checkpoints and Shia worshippers killed 23 people in Iraq on Thursday, officials said. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of the capital Baghdad, killing three police and four civilians, and wounding another 21 people.
7-yr-old girl raped, stoned to death
lahore: In a gruesome incident, a seven-year- old girl was allegedly raped and stoned to death in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Mianda Kot village in Gujranwala.
Indian ex-servicemen to be honoured in Bahrain
Manama: Eighty Indian ex-servicemen working in Bahrain will be honoured at a ceremony here to mark the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa, an organiser said on Thursday.
Ebola death toll hits 8,235: WHO
Geneva: The global death toll from the Ebola outbreak centred in west Africa has jumped to 8,235 out of 20,747 recorded cases, the World Health Organisation has said.
court sets April 21 as date for Morsi verdict
Cairo: The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday set April 21 as the date for issuing its verdict in the trial of ousted President Mohamad Morsi and 14 others charged with inciting the killing of demonstrators outside Ittihadiya presidential palace late in 2012.
Musharraf treason trial Adjourned
Islamabad: A high-treason trial against former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday adjourned till February 18 by a Pakistani court, rejecting a plea by the prosecution to continue the trial.