Boko Haram kills 12 farmers in Nigeria
Kano: Boko Haram jihadists on Saturday hacked 12 farmers to death as they worked on their fields in the volatile northeastern
Nigerian state of Borno, civilian militia said.
Lankans unhappy with infight in govt: Min
Colombo: The internal squabbling between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has left the Sri Lankan public unhappy and dissatisfied, a Minister in the ruling coalition Government said on Saturday.
Europe-Japan, mission set out for Mercury
London: Two satellites developed in Europe and Japan are on their way to the Sun’s closest planet Mercury. It is likely to take them seven years to reach their destination. The joint endeavour BepiColombo left Earth on an Ariane rocket that launched out of South America on Friday, the BBC said. The probes lifted clear of the Kourou spaceport in Atlantic coast.