US praises Satyarthi for relentless work for children rights
Washington: The United States on Monday praised Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi in its annual report to the Congress on human trafficking for "relentlessly working" for children's rights and keeping them in school, rather than in the workforce.
Chinese woman dies after falling into escalator, but saves son
Beijing: In a tragic accident, a Chinese woman was crushed to death after falling into an escalator at a shopping mall but the heroic mother managed to save her 2-year-old son by pushing him to safety.
landslide kills 5 in Bangladesh
Dhaka: A landslide has killed five people in southeastern Bangladesh, a week after six others died in a similar tragedy. The landslide hit Cox's Bazar overnight, killing five people as army troops and paramilitary were called in for rescue operations.
Australian nurse charged with supporting ISIS stays in custody
Melbourne: An Australian nurse who says he was forced by ISIS militants to work as a medic in Syria did not apply for bail when he appeared in a court in his hometown of Melbourne on Monday charged with supporting a terrorist group. Adam Brookman, 39, voluntarily returned to Australia from Turkey on Friday.
A foreign power tried to create a ‘breakaway republic’: Yameen
Male: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen accused an unnamed foreign power of trying to create a ‘breakaway republic’ in his country comprising three southern-most atolls. He alleged that a few Maldivians were involved in this "plot" of which he gave no details, either about the foreign power allegedly involved or when the attempt was made.
Mexico search for missing students turns up 129 bodies
Mexico City: The search for 43 missing students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the last 10 months, Mexico's attorney general's office says.
Sharif chairs cabinet meeting to expedite electoral reforms
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday chaired a cabinet meeting to expedite Pakistan's electoral reforms to make future elections fair and transparent in all respects, days after Supreme Court absolved his party of rigging the 2013 general elections.
US and Turkey agree to forge 'IS-free zone' in Syria
Addis Ababa: The United States and Turkey have agreed to work together to clear the Islamic State group from northern Syria, a senior US official said on Monday .