Ex-official of china indicted for graft
Beijing: Jiang Jiemin, former head of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, has been indicted on suspicion of corruption, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced on Thursday.
UK for biggest protected marine reserve
london: Britain said it intended to create what will be the world’s biggest fully-protected marine reserve, covering an area nearly the size of France and Germany put together in the Pacific Ocean.
12 militiamen dead in libya clashes
Tripoli: At least 12 militiamen in libya were killed in clashes with jihadists of the Islamic State group near the central city of Sirte, sources said. The two sides have been engaged in sporadic fighting since Saturday around the city, home town of slain longtime dictator Moamer Gaddafi.
2 Killed, dozen hurt in Swedish pub Shooting
Stockholm: Gunmen with automatic weapons stormed into a pub in Sweden’s second largest city, killing two people and wounding about a dozen in a shooting that police said was likely gang-related. Police said the eatery in suburban Goteborg was full when the gunmen opened fire in one of Sweden’s most serious shooting incidents in recent years.
Boko Haram driven out of Nigerian town
Damasak: Soldiers from Niger and Chad have retaken a Nigerian town from Boko Haram, another victory in a regional campaign to wrest back control of swaths of northeastern Nigeria from the Islamist militants.
US aircraft strike IS drone in Iraq: officials
Washington: US warplanes have bombed a small drone used by Islamic State extremists in Iraq, marking the first time American-led forces had targeted an unmanned aircraft flown by the jehadists, officials said.
Ramakrishnan to head Royal Society in UK
london: India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain’s prestigious Royal Society. The result of a ballot held by the fellowship was confirmed at a meeting of the Society’s Council this week and Ramakrishnan, or Venki as he is popularly known, will take up the post on December 1, 2015.
Pak stays Execution of Shafqat Hussain
Karachi: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain indefinitely stayed the hanging of death row convict Shafqat Hussain whose case has attracted global attention with human rights campaigners expressing outrage over what they say was a flawed trial.