SL & Maldives eliminate measles, rubella: WHO
Colombo: Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organisation's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the U.N. Health agency announced on Wednesday.
6 cops killed in Afghan bomb attack
Kabul: A suicide truck bomber targeted a police district headquarters in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, killing three officers, a local official said.
Three other police officers, including a district police chief, were killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Ghazni province.
The explosion also wounded 14 people, both policemen and civilians.