Afghan chief electoral officer resigns
Kabul: Afghanistan’s chief electoral officer resigned on Monday in a bid to resolve a political crisis over allegations
of massive fraud in the runoff presidential vote earlier this month.
‘UK plans to halve anti-terror budget’
london: Britain plans to halve its budget for countering terrorism originating in foreign countries like Yemen and Pakistan despite official warnings that the country faces the most severe threat to its security from overseas terror groups, a media report said on Monday.
Nepali Congress wins 3 seats in bypolls
Kathmandu:Prime Minister Sushil Koirala’s Nepali Congress
party has won three seats in the by-elections for the Constituent
Assembly held in four constituencies across Nepal.
Ukraine urges Merkel, EU help
Kiev:Ukraine pressed German Chancellor Angela Merkel
and other Western allies on Monday to help settle a pro-Russian uprising that has raged on in the industrial east despite Kiev’s unilateral ceasefire.
EU raps Thailand on coup
luxembourg: European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday
condemned the military takeover in Thailand and agreed punitive measures to back up calls for an urgent return to democratic rule.
8 HuJI militants sentenced to death in B’desh
Dhaka: Eight HuJI militants, including its chief, were on Monday sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court for a 2001 bomb attack targeting Bengali new year celebrations that claimed 10 lives.
The court also handed down life imprisonment to six others, three of them still on the run.