Police on Monday said an explosion hit a minibus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing and wounding several people. A Reuters witness saw several apparently dead victims and at least two wounded being carried out of the vehicle while police and emergency service vehicles rushed to the scene. The attacker was on foot, according to police, who refused to give […]
» Read moreA stadium in Jaffna, renovated by India, will be inaugurated on Saturday jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena. While Mr. Sirisena will be present in the stadium, Mr. Modi will join the event through video-conferencing from New Delhi, a PMO statement said. The Duraiappah Stadium, named in honour of a former Mayor of Jaffna […]
» Read moreResource-rich Namibia on Friday assured that it will look into “legal ways” through which its uranium can be supplied to India for peaceful nuclear use. Speaking at the State Banquet hosted in the honour of President Pranab Mukherjee, Namibian President Hage Geingob said Namibia commends India’s commitment towards peaceful use of nuclear energy. “We will look into legal ways wherein […]
» Read moreBeijing: Web-based loan sharks in China have found an unconventional way of guaranteeing loans: demanding naked photos from female borrowers. The state-run Southern Metropolis Daily reported this week that private lenders are asking female borrowers to send nude photos of themselves along with their ID cards, warning that the photos will be made public if payments are not made on […]
» Read moreOmar Mateen, the Afghan-origin gunman who killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in U.S.’ deadliest mass shooting incident, pledged allegiance to ISIS in a phone call to emergency number 911 during the attack. Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard who was born in New York to Afghan parents, called 911 after his initial assault on the […]
» Read morePakistan’s Punjab government has served tax notices to social media networking websites Google and Facebook as well as video-sharing websites YouTube and Dailymotion, asking them to register by June 17 and pay for displaying Punjab-specific advertisements. The Punjab government’s Revenue Authority yesterday issued separate notices to YouTube, Dailymotion and a local website Mustakbil.com, in addition to Facebook and Google, asking […]
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