22 soldiers killed in attack on refugee camp
Niamey:At least 22 soldiers have been killed in Niger after unknown assailants attacked security forces guarding a camp for Malian refugees, as per PM Brigi Rafini. The attack on Thursday targeted a camp in the village of Tassalit in Niger’s Tahoua region.
Bombs hit train in Pakistan, 6 killed
Karachi: Two remote-controlled bombs hit a passenger train in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, killing six
persons and injuring 14 others.
Birds behave like human musicians: study
New York: The tuneful behaviour of some songbirds issimilar to that of human musicians, who play around with their tunes, balancing repetition and variation just like jazz artists, a study said.
Activity at N Korea n site fuels test fears
Seoul: Analysis of recent satellite images of North Korea’s nuclear test site shows activity at all three of its tunnel complexes, fuelling speculation of another test.
Dog gets Award for saving family from fire
San Francisco: A dog in the US has been honoured with the ‘Hometown Hero Award’,normally given to a person, for saving his family’s house from burning down by barking with unusual urgency to alert his owners.