PARIS CAR ATTACK: POlICE ARREST MAN
Paris: French security forces have shot and arrested a man suspected of being behind an attack on soldiers in a Paris suburb on Wednesday, security sources said. The man, aged in his late 30s, was intercepted on a motorway north of the French capital in the vehicle used to drive into the soldiers, the sources said, asking not to be named because they were not authorised to speak.
QUAKE IN SICHUAN PROVINCE KIllS 19
Beijing: At least 19 people were killed and nearly 250 others injured after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous region in China’s southwest Sichuan province, with rescuers on Wednesday evacuating over 45,000 tourists from the area, according to the official media.
1 DEAD AFTER GUNMEN OPEN FIRE IN CHICAGO
Chicago: Police say several gunmen opened fire on a group of people standing on a Chicago sidewalk, killing one and wounding six others.
ROUHANI APPOINTS 2 WOMEN VPS
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed two women Vice-Presidents on Wednesday, a day after coming under fire for not nominating any women ministers in his Cabinet. Masumeh Ebtekar was named the Vice-President for family and women’s affairs while laya Joneydi was appointed the vice President for legal affairs, BBC reported. Another woman, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, was named the President’s assistant for civil rights.
AFGHAN FAMIlIES RECOUNT HORRIFYING MASSACRE
Mazar-I-Sharif (Afghanistan): Taliban and ISIS fighters unleashed a killing spree targeting civilians after capturing a remote village in northern Afghanistan, traumatised families said on Wednesday after being released by the insurgents.
SHEHBAZ SHARIF SET TO HEAD PMl-N
Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif is set to be appointed as president of the PMl-N after Pakistan’s Election Commission asked the ruling party to replace his brother Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified as Prime Minister by the Supreme Court, a senior leader has said.