NYT: Reining in Pak’s N programme a priority
New York: Reining in Pakistan’s expanding nuclear weapons programme should be an international priority, according to an editorial in the New York Times which said that the country being home to many extremist groups adds to the dangers it presents for South Asia and the entire world.
ISIS hacks more than 54K Twitter accounts
london: In a security breach, ISIS militants have reportedly hacked over 54,000 Twitter accounts and posted phone numbers of CIA and FBI chiefs online as revenge for killing of a top hacker of the terror group.
UK Airport security set for anti-ISIS shake-up
london: The UK has said it would push for higher airport security checks for planes flying to and from regions where the ISIS terror group was known to be operating even if it meant extra delays for passengers.
China smog 50 times WHO recommendations
Beijing: A swathe of China was blanketed with dangerous acrid smog on Monday after levels of the most dangerous particulates reached around 50 times World Health Organisation maximums, with energy use for heating blamed as winter sets in.
Chinese FM to visit the Philippines
Beijing: Amid deepening row over the South China Sea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make a rare visit to the Philippines, days after Manila’s petition over its maritime dispute with China was admitted by a UN maritime tribunal overruling Beijing’s objections.
UK suffering ‘id crisis’ on world stage: study
london: Britain is becoming “increasingly insular and self-absorbed”, as revealed by its impotence in the Syria and Ukraine crises and its “ambivalence” towards the European Union, a report said on Monday. The country
should give up its obsession “with its supposed past glories”, said the report.