Ahmadinejad gets court summons over feuds
Tehran: Iran’s official news agency says a criminal court has summoned outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a lawsuit filed by the Country’s Parliament speaker and others. Monday’s report by IRNA gave no further details, but Ahmadinejad and the speaker, Ali larijani, have waged political feuds for years.
NYU forced me on china pressure: activist
Beijing: Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who dramatically fled to the US Embassy here from house arrest sparking a diplomatic crisis, has accused New York University of ending his fellowship due to “unrelenting pressure” from China, leaving him and his family stranded.
Malala denounces 'cowardly' Pakistan attack
london: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, today denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly". At least 25 people were killed yesterday when militants blew up the bus in the capital of restive Baluchistan province.
US Agency launches two projects in Nepal
Kathmandu: The US has launched two new conflict management and mitigation projects worth USD 2.30 million in Nepal to help its strife-ridden districts to better address the root causes of conflicts by encouraging local-level reconciliation.
Regional meet to stop violence against women
Kathmandu: A two-day conference with the objective of strengthening regional dialogue and collaboration on violence against
women in South Asia started here on Monday. Around 150
women’s activists, media persons, legal practitioners and
government officials from South Asian countries like India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri lanka are taking part
in the conference.
Envoy speaks to indians on Kuwait crackdown
Dubai: India’s Ambassador in Kuwait has assured representatives of Indian community in the country that an ongoing crackdown in the gulf nation will only target illegal expatriates and law-breakers.Ambassador Satish C Mehta informed 35 prominent community leaders recently that senior Kuwaiti authorities have assured that the Indian community is not being targeted as the drive is against illegal expatriates and law-breakers only .
no breaking Britain-Ecuador Assange deadlock
london: Ecuador will continue to grant Wikileaks founder Julian Assange asylum at its london embassy, Ecuador foreign minister, Ricardo Patino said after failing to reach a solution to the case with Britain.Ricardo Patino today said the Australian was prepared to remain
in the embassy for another five years if necessary until a diplomatic solution was found, insisting he had no plans to flee.
China seeks US surveillance explanation
Beijing: China has joined the growing international chorus in demanding an explanation from the US over its controversial surveillance programmes which had collected troves of information by tracking millions of telephone records and Internet activity globally. “We believe the US side should pay attention to concerns and demand of international community and public and give a necessary explanation,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.