PM Sharif opposes US drone strikes
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday expressed deep concern over a drone strike that killed six persons, including commanders of the Haqqani network, and said Pakistan had conveyed its opposition to the attacks to the US.
New attacks across Iraq kill at least 16
Baghdad: Militants unleashed a new wave of attacks in different parts of Iraq on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 34, officials said. It was the latest in a surge in violence that has swept across Iraq since April, reaching levels unseen since the country teetered on the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007.
UK celebrates Indian diaspora’s contribution
london: lauding the role of the British Indian diaspora, during an event to celebrate the “excellent work” being done, Hugo Swire Minister of State responsible for India, said, “They represent the cornerstone of the relationship between our two countries, with the links, knowledge, and understanding to help them grow.”
Indian cargo ship detained in Singapore
Singapore: A cargo vessel owned by India’s Essar Shipping carrying iron ore from Brazil to China has been detained in Singapore over a dispute with a bunker fuel supplier.
‘Rape cases poorly investigated in India’
Washington: With India rocked by another sexual assault case, US lawmakers have been told that rape cases are not only being hushed up in the country due to fear and stigma but are also very poorly investigated, many ending up in acquittals.
Pak doc who helped CIA charged with murder
Islamabad: A jailed Pakistani doctor, who helped the US track down Osama bin laden, has been slapped with murder charge after a woman complained that he caused her son’s death during a surgery.
N Korea warns ‘sea of fire’ for S Korea prez HQ
Seoul: North Korea on Friday marked the anniversary of its shelling of a South Korean border island with a threat to turn South Korea’s presidential office into a “sea of fire.”
‘UNSC reform process cannot go on infinitely’
United Nations: India has made a strong call to reform the UN Security Council, stressing that the process to expand the powerful body cannot go on infinitely and a results-based timeline is crucial to achieve a concrete outcome.
Battle for Syrian army base kills 24 rebels
Beirut: Syrian activists say at least 24 rebels have died in battle for a military base near a northern opposition-held city but that Government troops have managed to hold on to it.
Bahrain Shias stage march against ‘repression’
Dubai: Thousands of Shias in Bahrain took to the streets south of the capital Manama on Friday to protest against what they called repression of the Opposition, witnesses said. They marched in the Shia area of Bilad al-Qadim, waving the flag of the Gulf State and chanting slogans calling for jailed members of the Opposition to be released.
‘Philippine typhoon death toll surpasses 5,200’
Manila: The number of people confirmed killed when a super typhoon devastated the Philippines surpassed 5,200 on Friday, the Government said. The official death toll from the storm jumped by nearly 1,200 to 5,209, with another 1,611 people still missing, the spokesman for the Government’s disaster management council, Reynaldo Balido, told AFP.