China hospital bulldozed with patients inside
Beijing: Bulldozers demolished part of a hospital and its adjoining morgue in central China, sending doctors, nurses and patients fleeing and burying under rubble six bodies being processed at the morgue. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the hospital accused the local government of ordering the demolition work after failing to get the hospital to agree to it for a road expansion project. The No 4 Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan province said the unexpected demolition work yesterday buried six bodies stored in the morgue, caused nearly 20 million yuan worth of damage to medical equipment and injured several hospital staff, according to Xinhua.
Hillary launches drive to engage Asian Americans
Washington: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has launched an outreach group to engage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, an increasingly potent voting bloc, as she looks to broaden the appeal of her campaign.
In Iraq, clashes kill 18 ISIS militants
Irbil (Iraq): Clashes between a joint Turkish-Iraqi force and Islamic State militants near a training camp outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have left at least 18 IS fighters dead, the Turkish president and a former Iraqi governor said.
Anti-Saudi protests in Iran as row smoulders
Tehran: Anti-Saudi demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran on Friday to protest Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and after Iran accused its rival of bombing its embassy in Yemen.