Pak-origin politician to be london mayor
london: The son of a Pakistani bus driver looks set to be elected as london’s first Muslim Mayor and the first such leader of a European Union capital in local elections on Thursday. labour party candidate Sadiq Khan is leading in most surveys by a minimum of nine points over his Conservative party rival Zac Goldsmith on the eve of the polls.
Kiwi cops’ ‘running man’ video goes viral
Wellington: A New Zealand police video of cops performing the latest “running man” Internet craze has gone viral, attracting millions of hits and prompting a response in kind from the New York Police Department. The running man challenge is a social media craze in which people video themselves dancing to the 1990s hit My Boo by the Ghost Town DJs, and challenge others to do the same.
Caregiver sentenced to death for killing patient
Beijing: A Chinese caregiver found guilty of killing her elderly patient in order to receive her salary early — and who claimed to have killed seven more — was sentenced to death on Wednesday, state media said.
13 more Peuhls killed in attacks in Mali
Bamako: local community leaders in central Mali say pro-Government fighters have killed more than a dozen members of an ethnic group accused of links to Islamic extremism.
16 villagers hacked to death in eastern DR Congo
Kinshasa: Attackers armed with machetes and axes hacked at least 16 civilians to death in a night-time assault on their village in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and local officials said on Wednesday.
Britain to let in more Syrian child refugees
london: Britain will admit a limited number of child refugees who have travelled alone from Syria to Europe, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today, in a U-turn on the politically-charged issue of migration.
22 air strikes near Syria capital
Beirut: At least 22 air strikes pounded a key rebel bastion east of the Syrian capital today after a local freeze on fighting expired overnight, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the suspected regime raids hit Eastern Ghouta as clashes with rebels erupted.
Russia foils attacks ordered by ‘terrorists’
Moscow: Russia has foiled a string of plots ordered by “international terrorist organisations” active in Syria and Turkey, the FSB intelligence agency said on Wednesday, adding that several suspects had been arrested.