3 london schoolgirls on terror trip to Syria
london: Scotland Yard on Friday launched a bid to rescue three missing london schoolgirls, believed to be of Bangladeshi origin, who are feared to have travelled to Turkey to join the dreaded Islamic State terrorists in Syria.
Thailand bans foreign surrogacy after scam
Bangkok: Thailand has passed a law banning foreign couples from using Thai women as surrogates after a series of high-profile scandals tainting the image of the unregulated industry.
Sri lanka appoints new Army Chief
Colombo: Major General Chrishantha de Silva was on Friday appointed as the new Sri lankan Army chief by President Maithripala Sirisena, who also reinstated several loyalists of former Army chief Fonseka.
‘NSA helped British steal cell phone codes’
Washington: Britain’s electronic spying agency, working with the US National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both Governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.
Drug-resistant malaria found near India border
london: India faces an imminent danger from drug-resistant malaria parasites detected near the Myanmar-India border, threatening to repeat history and rendering the frontline anti-malaria treatment useless while putting millions of lives at risk, scientists warned on Friday.