Singapore Airlines jet catches fire, but all passengers safe
Singapore: Singapore Airlines said on Monday there were no injuries when a jetliner caught fire after returning to Changi Airport because of an engine warning. The Boeing 777-300ER was on its way to Milan when it turned back “following an engine oil warning message,” the company said.
Taiwan ‘to test-fire missiles in US’ as China tensions rise
Taipei: Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the US next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said on Monday. Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an eight-year rapprochement.
Christian woman in pak stripped, assaulted
lahore: A 28-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan was allegedly stripped naked and assaulted by four men who barged into her house after her brother eloped with a married Muslim woman. Samra, a resident of Haji Park Tajpura of lahore, told police that the four armed men on Sunday entered her house and asked her about the whereabouts of her brother Badal, who had eloped with one of the attacker’s wife.
China tests safety of glass bridge with truck
Beijing: Chinese officials on Monday successfully drove a two-tonne truck onto the world’s longest and highest glass bridge in China’s central Hunan province to conduct a safety test ahead of its scheduled opening next month.
Snowden loses lawsuit against Norway
Oslo: A court in Norway on Monday refused to provide assurances to US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that he would not be extradited if he visits the country to accept an award in November.
Bahrain jails 5 Shias, revokes citizenships
Dubai: Bahrain on Monday jailed five Shia on charges linked to “terrorism” and revoked their citizenships, the prosecution said, as authorities in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom crack down on the Opposition.