Ex-PM offers $196,448 for thai bombers’ arrest
Bangkok: Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose party was overthrown by the current military junta, has offered $196,448 for the arrest of those behind the bomb attack here early this week that killed 20 people.
Erdogan supports early elections in Turkey
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his support on Friday for holding early legislative elections on November 1, with a transitional Government taking charge in the meantime.
Malala tops in British school exams
london: Teenage Pakistani female education rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination bid in 2012 and became the youngest recipient of a Nobel peace prize, has secured high marks in UK’s national school exams.
Two held for spying on slain Pak Min Khanzada
Islamabad: Pakistan counter-terrorism officials on Friday claimed to have arrested two men from a banned outfit for spying on the slain Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada. A retired colonel, Khanzada, was killed on August 17 when two suicide bombers attacked him while he was meeting people at his office in Punjab.
India’s architectural gems on display in Serbia
Belgrade: An exhibition showcasing over 2,500 years of India’s rich and syncretic architectural history, containing elements of Indo-Islamic, Buddhist and British imperialist architecture, has opened here to mark the 68th Independence Day. The event, ‘Temples, Forts and Palaces: 2000 Years of Indian Architecture’ is being hosted by the Embassy of India in Belgrade.