China captures 3 for Kunming ‘terror’ attack
Beijing: In a major breakthrough in China’s worst terrorist attack at the Kunming railway station, police on Monday captured three militants from the restive Xinjiang province who fled the scene of slashing rampage that killed 33 people and injured 143 others.
Pistorius murder trial to begin
Pretoria (South Africa): The mother of the woman Oscar Pistorius shot to death arrived at the Pretoria courthouse to watch the opening of his murder trial, after saying that she wants to look him in the eyes when he comes into the courtroom.
Thapa is new SAARC Secretary General
Kathmandu: Nepal’s former foreign secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa has assumed charge as the Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Snow shuts down much of Washington again
Washington: The forecast of nearly a foot of snow was enough to shut down much of Washington on Monday, with the federal Government closing its offices in the capital area. Snow began falling in the capital early on Monday.
‘Boko Haram attack in Nigeria kills 29’
Kano (Nigeria): Suspected Islamist insurgents killed 29 people in Nigeria’s embattled northeast, an area senator said on Monday, putting 2014 on track to become the bloodiest year yet in Boko Haram’s rebellion.
Iran, world powers to resume n-talks
Tehran: Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers are set to launch a new round of expert-level talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy programme in Austria’s capital Vienna on Wednesday, a media report has said.
Thailand ‘inseparable’ nation: Yingluck
Bangkok: Thailand is one inseparable nation State and the caretaker Government does not support any bid to ever divide it, acting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday.
Flood risk in Europe could double by 2050
london: losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development, a new study has warned. Socioeconomic growth accounts for about two-thirds of the increased risk, as development leads to more buildings and infrastructure that could be damaged in a flood, researchers said.