US F-22 fighter jets land in lithuania
Siaulilai: Two American stealth F-22 fighter jets landed in lithuania on Wednesday in an apparent show of force, after tensions with Moscow flared this month when a Russian aircraft buzzed an American warship in the Baltic Sea.
Hasina: Recent murders planned to weaken B'desh
Dhaka: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the recent spate of murders of secular bloggers and minorities had been carefully planned to destabilise the country and held main opposition BNP and its allies responsible for the killings.
public sector leave on 3 weekdays in Venezuela
Caracas: Venezuela's Government has announced enforced leave for public sector workers from Wednesday to Friday, meaning they will only work two days a week in efforts to tackle an electricity shortage. “There will be no work in the public sector on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, except for fundamental and necessary tasks,” Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz said on television on Tuesday.
Anish opens world's tallest slide on Orbit
london: Award-winning Mumbai-born sculptor Anish Kapoor has opened the world's tallest and longest tunnel slide on the ArcelorMittal Orbit here.
N Korea’s sets May 6 for start of convention
Seoul: Facing mounting international pressure over its nuclear and missile ambitions, North Korea has set a date for its biggest political convention in decades next month that is expected to bolster young dictator Kim Jong Un’s grip on power.
Af Taliban delegation in Pak for peace talks
Islamabad: A high-level delegation of Afghan Taliban from its political office in Qatar has arrived in Pakistan to discuss the possibility of restarting the faltering peace talks with Afghanistan. The confirmation came after media reports said that a three-member rebel delegation arrived in Pakistan on Monday to discuss peace process with Afghanistan.
Bulgarian town bans Islamic face veil in public
Sofia: A Bulgarian town that is home to a Roma minority practising an ultraconservative form of Islam on Wednesday banned Islamic face veils in public, a first in the country.