Veteran MP Corbyn voted leader of UK opp
United Kingdom: The UK’s opposition labour Party has elected veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn to be its new leader, in one of the most controversial leadership votes in recent British political history.
59 suspected Pakistani militants nabbed in raid
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces on Saturday raided a compound near the capital and arrested at least 59 suspected militants, authorities said.
Final death toll set at 173 in Tianjin blast
Beijing: Chinese authorities on Saturday put the final death toll at 173 in the country’s worst industrial disaster at Tianjin port, as officials ended the search for the remaining eight missing exactly a month after the incident following a complete clean-up of the place.
100 B’deshi workers mysteriously fall sick
Dhaka: More than 100 workers of a readymade garment factory near the Bangladeshi capital mysteriously fell ill on Saturday, sparking protests from their colleagues.
Twitter hashtag to fight racial attacks in US
New York: An Indian American woman has created #AfterSeptember11 on micro-blogging site Twitter to speak up against the racial attacks Indians have been facing in the US after the September 11 terror attacks. The hashtag was created by Jessica Talwar, a 19-year-old political science student from loyola University in Chicago.
Uganda’s min dies during trip abroad
Uganda: Uganda’s interior minister died suddenly while traveling home from an official trip in South Korea, the Government announced on Saturday.