Suicide blast near Af airport kills 17
Kabul: Terrorists in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast on Wednesday morning and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 17 people, officials said.
Indian-origin Woman dentist killed in Oz
Melbourne: A 32-year-old Indian-origin woman dentist in Australia, who went missing under mysterious circumstances, has been murdered with her body bearing numerous stab wounds found dumped in a suitcase in Sydney, police said on Wednesday.
Minister in pak to defuse Indo-Pak tensions: china
Beijing: China on Wednesday announced that Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou is in Islamabad to discuss the Indo-Pak tensions following the Pulwama terror attack, as it called for the creation of an “enabling atmosphere” for its close ally Pakistan to cooperate with “other parties”.
No love for Dalai Lama in Tibet: Chinese official
Beijing: China’s Communist Party chief for Tibet says the Dalai Lama hasn’t done a “single good thing” for the region. Wu Yingjie said on Wednesday during a meeting of China’s ceremonial legislature that Tibetans are “extremely grateful for the prosperity that the Communist Party has brought them.”
Syria nets 400 jehadis trying to flee enclave
Near Baghouz (Syria): Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria captured around 400 Islamic State group jehadis as they attempted to slip out of their besieged enclave of Baghouz, a senior officer said.
Russia cracking down on foreign spies: Putin
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said the Russian special services had ended the work of hundreds of spies and informers in the country last year. “Thanks to successfully executed special operations, the activity of 129 spies and 465 informers was stopped” in 2018, he said.