PRACHANDA'S PARTY NOT TO QUIT GOVT NOW
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Prime Minster Prachanda's Maoist party on Tuesday rolled back its decision to quit the Deuba Government, days after forging a leftist alliance with main Opposition CPN-UMl to fight the next general elections.
CHINA TO SPEED UP POK’S POWER PROJECT WORK
Beijing: China plans to complete ahead of schedule a $2 billion hydropower project in Pakistan- occupied Kashmir to ease energy crisis in Pakistan. Karot Hydropower Project is being built on Jhelum river on "Build-Own-Operate-Transfer" basis for 30 years. It will be owned by the Chinese company for 30 years, after which ownership will be turned over to the Government of Pakistan.
47 KIllED IN AFGHAN SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS
Gardez: Two separate suicide and gun attacks on Government forces in Afghanistan left nearly 50 dead and more than 200 wounded, officials said on Tuesday, the latest devastating assault on beleaguered security forces. The Taliban claimed the most deadly of the two assaults, a coordinated attack on police in the southeast Afghan city of Gardez that left hospital officials calling for blood donations and desperate scenes as relatives queued for news of their loved ones after the hours-long gun battle.
‘TOll FROM US DRONE STRIKE IN PAK RISES TO 26’
Peshawar: The death toll from a US drone attack on a compound used by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network has risen to 26, officials said on Tuesday, less than a week after a US-Canadian family held captive by the militants was rescued. The barrage yesterday targeted a meeting of Haqqani fighters in 1Pakistan's remote tribal Kurram district along the Afghan border in the deadliest attack on the group this year.
UN MEDAl FOR INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN SUDAN
United Nations: Fifty Indian peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan have been awarded the UN Medal for their professionalism and service in protecting civilians and building durable peace in the conflict-ridden country. The Indian peacekeepers are part of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
HAVE CAPTURED RAQA FROM ISIS: US AllIANCE
Raqa (Syria): US-backed forces on Tuesday said they have taken full control of Raqa from the Islamic State group, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate".