Fighting in Yemen kills 48 over past 24 hours
Sanaa: Yemeni security officials say fighting on several fronts in the impoverished nation has killed at least 48 people over the past day. On Wednesday 65 people were wounded in combat between rebels and Government forces around besieged city of Taiz, Shabwa, Jawf and Marib provinces.
10 killed, 13 missing in China rain
Beijing: At least 10 people were killed and 13 remained missing after heavy rain caused flash floods, mud-slides and landslides
in south China’s Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
stop protests in Paris, French PM tells union
Paris: French PM Manuel Valls on Wednesday urged the CGT union to halt demonstrations against labour reform in Paris after violent clashes. “I ask the CGT not to organise this type of demonstration in Paris,” Xinhua quoted Valls as saying.
3,400 dead or missing so far this yr: Migrant body
Berlin: The International Organisation for Migration says more than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in this year’s first five months, over 80 per cent of them trying to reach Europe by sea.
70 killed as battles heat up in Aleppo
Damascus: At least 70 jehadis fighters and military soldiers were killed over the past 24 hours during battles in Syria’s Aleppo province, a monitor group reported on Wednesday.