Bangladesh ferry toll rises to 29, search on
Dhaka: Rescuers retrieved more bodies on Friday from a sunken ferry in Bangladesh, taking the death toll to 29, as search continued for the second day for over 100 others on the overcrowded vessel that capsized during a storm.
Hundreds of Britons evacuated from Kenya
london: Around 400 British tourists are being evacuated from the Kenyan resort of Mombasa after Britain stepped up travel warnings following a wave of terror attacks, travel agents said on Friday.
Singer Zil-e-Huma dies in Pakistan
lahore: Singer Zil-e-Huma, daughter of legendary singer Noor Jehan, died here on Friday at the age of 70. She was suffering from various medical complications due to diabetes. Huma was being treated at the Doctors Hospital in lahore where she breathed her last.
US renews sanctions against Myanmar
Washington: President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against Myanmar even though he said it had made some progress on reforms. Obama, who made a groundbreaking visit to Myanmar in 2012, announced the renewal yesterday in a letter to Congress.
Turkey’s mine death toll may be about 300
Soma: A maximum of 18 miners remain missing inside a devastated coal mine and the final death toll will be around 300, Turkey’s Energy Minister said on Friday.
Iran: N talks advance ‘with difficulty’
Vienna: Talks between Iran and six world powers hit a major snag on Friday over the future size of a nuclear program that Tehran says it needs to expand to fuel atomic reactors, but which the US fears could be used to make N-weapons.