Chinese held with foreign NOtes in Nepal
Kathmandu: Three Chinese, including two women, and a Nepalese driver were arrested with huge amount of illegal foreign exchange in Nepal, police said on Sunday.
XI JINPING heads for WEF SUMMIT at Davos
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping was on Sunday headed for Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos where he is expected to make a strong case for globalisation and counter US President-elect Donald Trump's assertion to pursue America-centric protectionist policies.
Tunisia marks SIXTH revolution annivERSARY
Tunis: Tunisia on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali without fanfare, after official recognition of failure on the economic and social fronts.
CHECHEN PREZ: detained over 50 ISIS MEMBERS
Moscow: Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov said on Sunday his forces had detained more than 50 insurgents linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, completing a major security operation.
lady liberty to be portrayed on US coin
Houston: For the first time in American history, lady liberty, a national symbol generally depicted as a white woman, will be portrayed as an African-American in the new USD 100 gold coin "to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States".
19th-century pickle, jam jars discovered in UK
london: Archeologists have discovered a stash of over 13,000 well-preserved 19th and 20th century pickle pots, glass bottles and jam jars, a finding that provides fascinating new insight into the origins of the British obsession with condiments.
German plane lands in Kuwait over bomb threat
Kuwait City: A Germany-bound Eurowings passenger flight from Oman landed in Kuwait on Sunday over a bomb threat but no explosives were found on board, authorities said.
‘secret' talks led to easing sanctions ON Sudan
Khartoum: Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on Sunday said "secret" talks between US and Sudanese officials led to the easing sanctions.