3 US troops killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
Kabul: A man wearing Afghan uniform shot dead three US soldiers on Saturday in the east of the country, officials said, in the latest apparent example of an "insider attack". The strike came on the same day that one Italian soldier was killed and three others were wounded when a grenade was thrown into their armored vehicle in the western province of Farah.
US drone strikes in Pak must stop: Sharif
Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he is ready to facilitate the withdrawal of foreign troops from neighbouring Afghanistan but US drone strikes in his country "must stop" as they are a violation of sovereignty.
Sharif made the remarks during a meeting with visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.
Blind sailor DUO set sail to cross Pacific
Osaka: A blind sailor and his partner set sail today on a small yacht from Osaka harbour to cross the Pacific Ocean in what the organiser calls the world’s first such attempt by such a pair. Mitsuhiro Iwamoto, 46, who has actively participated in yacht races for the visually impaired in and out of Japan, and newscaster Jiro Shinbo, 57, will call at Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before heading for San Diego where they plan to arrive in August.
Nagasaki to slam govt ON NUKE USE
Nagasaki: The Nagasaki city Government will condemn the Central Government in its annual ceremony in August for not joining a group of countries endorsing a statement against the use of nuclear weapons, its draft message said on Saturday. In the message to be read on August 9 for the 68th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, Mayor Tomihisa Taue will say Tokyo’s stance “even looked as if it was justifying the use of nuclear weapons,” according to the draft.
‘mastermind’ of oil region killings NABBED
Yenagoa: Nigeria’s military said they had arrested the “mastermind” of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised fears of worsening tension in a crucial oil region. Jackson Fabouwei was presented to journalists in the oil hub of Yenagoa and backed previous reports that the shootings were linked to a dispute over Government payments to ex-oil rebels.”He was arrested on the 6th of June. Through sound intelligence gathering efforts,” Colonel Farouk Yahaya of the military’s Joint Task Force said.
Thousa nds join protests IN Turkey
Istanbul: Thousands of angry Turks took to the streets on Saturday to join mass anti-Government protests, defying Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to end the worst civil unrest of his decade-long rule. From the early morning, protesters began arriving in Istanbul’s Taksim Square with food and blankets to settle in for a weekend of demonstrations, adding to the tent city.