British Navy gets 1st female submariners
london: Three women became the first female submariners in the 110-year history of UK’s Submarine Service, 24 years after the Royal Navy first allowed women to go to sea.
Slovenia PM formally resigns post
ljubljana: Slovenia’s Prime Minister has resigned and is urging early elections in the small EU nation next month, which is grappling with an acute banking crisis.
‘E-cigarettes cause nicotine addiction’
Toronto: Electronic cigarettes, touted as a risk-free and healthy alternative to conventional cigarettes, are turning even non-smokers to nicotine addiction, a new study has warned.
‘Troops capture 2 towns from rebels’
Nairobi: Government troops have captured a rebel stronghold and taken back control of another town, sending rebels fleeing toward the Ethiopian border, a South Sudanese military spokesman said on Monday.
Syria: Rockets slam into Aleppo district, kill 9
Damascus: Syrian State media say rockets have slammed into a Government-held district in the northern city of Aleppo, killing
9 people.
UN nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran
Tehran: A delegation from the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Iran to visit two nuclear sites ahead
of the next round of political talks with world powers next week.
‘Over 100 killed in C Africa fighting’
Bangui: More than 100 people have been killed in fighting in the past 10 days in the Central African Republic, as charity Doctors Without Borders said it would reduce its work after a bloody attack on a hospital.