Hillary interviewed by FBI about State Dept emails
Washington: Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton was quizzed today by the FBI about her use of personal email while serving as secretary of state, a campaign spokesman said.”Secretary Clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements while she was secretary” of state, spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement.
26 killed in bus crash in China
Beijing: At least 26 people were killed when a bus veered out of an expressway and fell into a ditch due to flat tyre in north China’s Tianjin City, local officials said. The accident occurred yesterday when the bus carrying 30 people broke the guardrail at the Baodi section of the Tianjin-Jixian expressway and fell into a ditch, a statement from the city’s emergency response office said.
Hezbollah kills ISIS commander in lebanon
Beirut: The lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah says it has killed the ISIS military commander for the Qaa border area in lebanon, where a series of suicide bombings and other attacks killed five people earlier this week. Hezbollah’s media outlet Al-Manar said the group, which shares security responsibilities with the lebanese army in areas along the eastern border with Syria, killed a commander known as Abu Khatab in a rocket attack. The army did not release any comment. Hezbollah, which also participates in lebanon’s Government, has blamed the Qaa attacks on ISIS.
French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies at 93
Paris: France’s most famous contemporary poet, Yves Bonnefoy, has died at the age of 93, officials confirmed on Saturday. The author of more than 100 books translated into 30 languages was highly decorated in his native France, and his name was often mentioned as a favourite to win a Nobel Prize for literature.
Sierra leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria
Kano (Nigeria): A Sierra leone diplomat was kidnapped in Nigeria, a security official said, confirming the latest high-profile kidnapping in the West African country. Sierra leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria Alfred Nelson-Williams was kidnapped as he was travelling by road from the Nigerian capital of Abuja north to Kaduna, a city some 200 kilometres away.
‘Voice recording from EgyptAir crash intact’
Cairo: Egyptian investigators say that the memory chips of the cockpit voice recorder of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in May are intact, allowing access to the recordings. In a statement on Saturday, they say the “test results were satisfactory as it enabled the reading of the recorders of the CVR memory unit,” in France, where the plane’s so-called black boxes are being examined. The flight from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean, killing all 66 people on board, for reasons that remain unknown.
Woman named Isis banned from FB
london: A 27-year-old UK woman named Isis was denied access to her Facebook account and asked to send an identity proof by the social networking site as part of its stringent policy to erase all traces of ISIS terror outfit. Isis Thomas, a resident of Bristol in Britain, was asked to change her name after logging on to the site on June 27.
MPs seek to impeach Tony Blair over Iraq war
london: A number of Members of Parliament in Britain are seeking to impeach former Prime Minister Tony Blair using an ancient parliamentary law for his alleged role in misleading Parliament over the Iraq war. The move, which has cross-party support, could be launched in the aftermath of the Chilcot Inquiry report, Independent online reported on Saturday.
‘Shabaab mortar fire’ kills two in Somalia
Mogadishu: Two people were killed and 18 were wounded on Saturday in the southwestern Somali town of Baidoa in a mortar attack by suspected Shabaab jihadists, a senior official said.