PTI nominates Imran Khan as Pak’s next PM
Islamabad: Imran Khan, set to open a new innings as Pakistan’s next Prime Minister after his party unanimously named the cricketer-turned-politician to the top post, today vowed to live up to the people’s mandate and steer the country out of the current financial crisis.
Five police killed in strife-torn Cameroon
Douala: Five police have been killed in fresh violence in western Cameroon, where English-speaking separatists have declared an independent state, security sources and witnesses said on Monday.
Greek fire death toll rises to 91: officials
Athens: A 95-year-old woman injured in Greece’s deadliest fire last month died on Monday, raising the death toll to 91 as another top official blamed for the disaster stepped down.
B’desh approves road safety law
Dhaka: Giving in to the demands of student protesters, Bangladesh’s Cabinet on Monday approved a new road safety law and promised to consider death penalty for deliberately causing accidents as violent clashes between the demonstrators and police continued to cripple normal life here.
Japan marks 73rd anniv of attack on Hiroshima
Tokyo: A bell tolled on Monday in Hiroshima as Japan marked 73 years since the world’s first atomic bombing, with the city’s mayor warning that rising nationalism worldwide threatened peace. The skies over Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park were clear, just as they were on August 6, 1945, when an American B-29 bomber dropped its payload on the port city.