CHINA lAUNCHES FIRST CARGO SPACECRAFT
Beijing: China on Thursday successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft, taking another great leap towards realising the Communist nation’s ambition to have a permanently manned space station by 2022.
IRAQ FORCES RETAKE MORE AREAS IN WEST MOSUl
Mosul: Iraqi forces retook two more neighbourhoods in west Mosul on Thursday, tightening the noose around jehadis holed up in the Old City, commanders said.
NIGERIA CHARGES 53 OVER GAY WEDDING
Abuja: Prosecutors in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Thursday charged a group of 53 people with conspiring to celebrate a gay wedding, the media reported.
MAY SOFTENS STANCE ON FOREIGN STUDENTS
london: British PM Theresa May has been forced to soften her long held stance on foreign students being included in immigration totals, media report said.
NO FORCE CAN STOP POllS IN NEPAl: PRACHANDA
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Prachanda on Thursday appealed to all parties and people in Nepal to participate in the May 14 local polls, saying elections are inevitable for institutionalising the rights achieved through a long struggle of the people.
THAI MAN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGlING SPERM TO lAOS
Bangkok: Thai authorities arrested a man trying to smuggle six vials of sperm into laos, a customs officer said today, the latest sign that a commercial surrogacy industry is growing in the opaque communist country following curbs around the region.
OZ UNVEIlS TOUGHER CITIZENSHIP lAWS
Melbourne: Australia on Thursday announced tougher citizenship laws for new applicants, including higher English language skills and longer residency requirement, days after the Government scrapped a popular visa programme used mostly by Indians.