First library opened on South China Sea
Beijing: The first public library on Sansha island in the South China Sea opened on Thursday. Established in July 2012, Sansha administers more than 200 islets, sandbanks and reefs in the Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha island groups, as well as two million sq km of surrounding waters in the South China Sea, Xinhua news agency reported.
‘ISIS may be linked to Gurdwara attack’
Berlin: The dreaded ISIS group may be linked to the explosion at a Gurdwara in Germany’s western city of Essen, media reports said. Suspicions of an ISIS involvement in the Saturday blast at the
Nanaksar Satsang Sabha Gurdwara, which occurred at the end of a marriage ceremony, have hardened following the arrest of two men in the nearby town of Gensenkirchen last night.
70 British ISIS recruits plotting attacks in UK
london: Around 70 of the 350 British terror suspects who travelled to Syria to join ISIS and returned home may be plotting attacks in the UK, a report said. Scott Wilson, a senior UK Home Office official and national co-ordinator of the Protect and Prepare counter- terrorism programmes, told the Security and Counter Terror Expo that these suspects pose a “high risk” to Britain.
China asks Indonesia to return Uighur prisoners
Jakarta: China has asked Indonesia to extradite four Uighur men in exchange for returning a graft fugitive recently arrested in Shanghai.
lab Mice develops liver damage in space
Washington: lab mice that spent just two weeks in space returned to Earth with early signs of liver disease, scientists have found, raising concerns about how long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars may affect the health of astronauts.
US find ‘longest’ drug tunnel
los Angeles: US authorities have uncovered what they believe to be the longest ever cross-border drug trafficking tunnel connecting Mexico and California, a statement said.