Al-Nusra announces break with Qaeda
Beirut: The head of Al-Nusra Front in Syria said his jehadi group was breaking ties with al-Qaeda and changing its name, in remarks broadcast by Al-Jazeera. Al-Nusra would change its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Conquest of Syria in Arabic).
Pokemon Go influencing baby names in US!
Washington: It won’t be long before people invite you over to meet their baby ‘Pikachu’ as parents in the US are increasingly naming their children after characters from Pokemon Go, according to new data.
‘1 hour daily exercise can beat health risks’
london: Moderate exercise such as cycling and walking for just an hour daily may eliminate the health risks associated with sitting for eight or more hours a day, a new study has claimed.
Pak asks India to hold plebiscite in Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday asked India to hold an impartial plebiscite in Kashmir under UN supervision.
Journalist jailed by China is American: US
Beijing: US diplomats have not been granted permission by China to meet with James Wang, a jailed magazine publisher and naturalised American citizen, since his 2014 arrest in southern China, the Obama administration said.
Pope falls in Poland, escapes injury
Czestochowa: Pope Francis fell on Thursday after apparently stumbling down a step on an altar during a visit to Poland but quickly got back to his feet, seemingly without injury.
Indonesia rejects plea against executions
Cilacap: Indonesia rebuffed appeals from distraught relatives, rights advocates and foreign Governments to abandon plans to execute 14 people, including an Indian, for drug crimes as preparations intensified at the prison island holding death row inmates.
MH370 simulator had Indian Ocean route: Oz
Sydney: Australian officials on Thursday confirmed that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.
Former Nepal Min, 12 others die in accident
Kathmandu: A former Nepal Minister and 12 others were killed when a bus skidded off a road and plunged into a gorge in eastern Dhankuta district.
NIne killed due to heavy rain in China
Beijing: At least nine persons were killed and one missing in fresh round of heavy rain in China, taking the death toll in different parts of the country to 173.
77 killed in Nepal as rain triggers flood
Kathmandu: Floods and landslides in Nepal have killed at least 77 people while hundreds of others were forced to flee their homes as torrential monsoon rains wreaked havoc in the country.