NKorea refuses to cooperate: UN
Geneva: UN experts tasked with probing human rights violations in North Korea said on Friday that Pyongyang has refused to cooperate with the investigation, but that they still hoped to travel to the country next month.
Suicide attacks claim 14 lives in Afghanistan
Kabul: A suicide bomber sneaked into a police dining hall in central Afghanistan at lunchtime today and blew himself up, killing 12, while a border police officer and a civilian were killed in a separate suicide attack in the south, authorities said.
Khurshid in Nepal on a two-day visit
Kathmandu: Seeking to strengthen India’s ties with Nepal, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will arrive here on July 9 for talks with Nepalese leadership.
Pak will respond to concerns: India
Singapore: India is hoping that Pakistan’s new Government will respond to its immediate concerns such as fixing accountability for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. “let the new Pakistan Government settle down, let them take stock of the situation. And hopefully start giving us signals that they mean business on those issues which are of immediate concern to us, and that includes accountability for the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai,” External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said.
India says no to Afghan arms plea
Singapore: India has turned down Afghanistan’s request for supply of lethal weapons, saying it was not “either in a position or willing” to contribute lethal weapons right now, days after Afghan President Hamid Karzai raised the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.