QUEEN lEARNS INDIAN DANCE MUDRAS
london: Queen Elizabeth II had an impromptu lesson in Indian dance mudras, or ritual hand gestures, when the 90-year-old monarch met celebrated dancer and choreographer Arunima Kumar at Buckingham Palace.
QUAKE HITS OFF JAPAN, NO TSUNAMI RISK
Tokyo: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday struck Japan near the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japanese and US authorities said.
POlICEMAN TURNS GUN ON COllEAGUES, KIllS 11
Kandhar: Afghan officials say at least 11 police officers have been shot and killed by a fellow policeman at a checkpoint in the southern Helmand province.
S KOREA MISSIlE DEFENCE DECISION IRATES CHINA
Beijing: Chinese state media have reacted with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea’s lotte Group approved a land swap with the government that allows authorities to deploy a US missile defence system.
MAN HElD IN AUSTRAlIA FOR ‘HElPING’ ISIS
Sydney: Australian counterterrorism police arrested an unidentified man after a raid on a countryside property on Tuesday and accused him of seeking to help the ISIS by developing missile technology, the first arrest of its kind in Australia.