Massive dust storm in Kathmandu; many hurt
Kathmandu: A massive dust storm swept through the Kathmandu Valley on Monday, due to which at least half a dozen people were injured, flights were held up for an hour and people forced to stop their vehicles right in the middle of roads. Gusts of up to 71 km per hour blew from the western side, the meteorology department said. The Tribhuvan International Airport was shut down for an hour due to the dust storm. Airport authorities later started cleaning up the runway after dust piled up.
US soldier shoots boy near base
Kabul: A US soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy on Monday near an American airfield close to the capital Kabul, a senior Afghan police officer said. The boy had been carrying what looked like an automatic rifle near the Bagram Airfield, said the provincial police chief Gen Zaman Mamozai.
115 Al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia
Mogadishu: At least 115 Al-Shabaab militants were killed and 110 arrested in four days of fighting with security forces in Galmudug State of Somalia, the State’s President said on Monday.
Fire in B’desh’s Sundarbans forest
Dhaka: A fire has swept through Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and one of the last remaining habitats for tigers, a Bangladeshi official said on Monday.
Full-haired baby in US becomes Internet star
San Francisco: A two-month-old baby’s photo has gone viral because of her unusually thick hair. Isabelle is the daughter of Dave and Mackenzie Kaplan in San Francisco. last Friday, Mackenzie Kaplan innocently posted a selfie posing with her daughter. The next day, friends and family began telling the couple that other people were sharing the photo over various social media sites.
Pak Sikh body chief Sham Singh no more
lahore: The first president of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) Sardar Sham Singh has died of brain hemorrhage. The 80-year-old Sham Singh breathed his last yesterday at the Combined Military Hospital here.