Indefinite curfew after clashes in Nepal town
Kathmandu: Indefinite curfew was clamped in a Nepal town bordering India on Monday after clashes erupted between security personnel and Madhesi groups agitating against the proposed new Constitution.
Boko Haram kills nearly 80 in NE Nigeria villages
Kano: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback shot dead nearly 80 people in separate attacks on three villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast at the weekend, a vigilante and residents said on Monday.
197 punished in crackdown on online rumours in China
Beijing: People recently punished in China’s campaign against online rumors include those who circulated an inflated death toll in the Tianjin blasts and who alleged a man committed suicide because of the country’s stock market woes, state media reported on Monday.
Over 100 Afghan school girls hospitalised
Kabul: More than 100 school girls in Afghanistan’s western Herat province were hospitalised on Monday after falling ill, local officials said.
Samosa vendor’s son tops Pakistan exam
Islamabad: A son of a samosa vendor in Pakistan has secured the top position in Class XII examination, a media report said on Monday. Shah Faisal, like his father, sells samosas.
Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali
Washington: President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, using his executive power to restore an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America.
India, South Korea plan $10 billion e-park in Iran
Tehran: A consortium of Iranian, Indian and South Korean companies seeks to set up an energy park in Iran’s Khuzestan province in a project worth $10 billion, the media reported on Monday. The project will generate 1,000 megawatts of solar power.
Pak Prez visiting China to attend military parade
Islamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will visit China from Tuesday to attend a military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and meet China’s top leadership. Hussian will be visiting China from September 1-4 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said.