Somalia executes 3 Shebab militants
Mogadishu: Three suspected Shebab Islamic militants were executed by firing squad in Mogadishu on Sunday, Somali police said. All three had been condemned to death for murder, police chief Abdi Mohamed told AFP, with one of the men allegedly taking part in an assault on the presidential palace last month.
China’s Xi to visit India, Pak, Sri lanka
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit India, Pakistan and Sri lanka in the coming weeks and his programme is being coordinated with the governments of the three countries.
‘No chance’ of finding Nepal landslide victims
Katmandu: There is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal, an official said on Sunday.
China factory blast toll 71
Bejing: At least 71 people were killed and 200 injured in a factory explosion in east China’s Jiangsu province, a Government statement said on Sunday.
Woman jailed in UK for killing Sikh man
london: A 31-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years in jail in the UK for killing a Sikh man while driving a car at over 110 km per hour and texting and talking on two phones.
Xinjiang: 37 civilians, 59 terrorists killed
Beijing: China has said that militants from outside the country took part in last week’s mass attack in the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province that left 37 civilians and 59 “terrorists” dead.
Can ants save Earth from global warmingIJ
New York: Ants may be cooling the Earth by helping trap carbon dioxide from the environment, a new study has claimed. A long-term experiment tracking the ants’ effects on soil suggests they cooled Earth’s climate as their numbers grew.
Hijacked Singaporean ship released
Seoul: A hijacked Singaporean oil tanker carrying 21 sailors was released on Sunday a week after being seized by pirates in waters off Ghana in west Africa, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said.
Pak couple murdered in honour killing case
lahore: In yet another case of honour killing, a young woman and her husband have been brutally murdered for marrying against the wishes of her family in Punjab, police said on Sunday. According to police, Zaheer Iqbal of Ashraf Town Chakwal, some 300 kilometres from here, had an affair with Mariam Bibi of neighbouring town Karar.