Bodies of climbers found after 21 years
Three frozen bodies that have been found on Ecuador’s highest peak may be the remains of French climbers who disappeared in an avalanche 20 years ago, officials said yesterday. The victims discovered by mountain guides on Saturday were still wearing climbers’ backpacks and investigators hope... read more »
Three policemen killed, over 30 injured in Egypt bombing
Cairo: At least three Egyptian policemen were killed and 33 others injured on Monday when a bomb struck their vehicle north of Cairo, the latest in a series of attacks against the country’s security forces targeted by the dreaded Islamic State terror group. The blast hit the bus carrying the... read more »
Protesters in western Nepal kill police with spears, axes
Protesters in western Nepal kill police with spears, axesKathmandu, Nepal (CNN)Protesters in western Nepal have killed at least seven police officers as violent clashes broke out over the country’s proposals for a new constitution. Thousands of people had come out onto the streets in defiance... read more »
UN chief ‘appalled’ by Islamic State’s demolition of Palm...
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was appalled by reports that Islamic State militants had demolished a temple in Syria’s ancient Palmyra. IS fighters packed explosives in the Baal Shamin temple and blew up the shrine on Sunday, Syria’s antiquities chief said. Ban also... read more »
Sri Lanka votes as Rajapaksa eyes comeback
Sri Lankans began voting on Monday in parliamentary polls with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa eyeing a political comeback as prime minister months after being toppled as president by... read more »
Death toll in Pakistan’s Attock suicide attack rises to 20
The death toll in a brazen suicide attack that killed Pakistan’s Punjab province Home Minister at his ancestral home in Attock district on Monday rose to 20. Home Minister Shuja Khanzada,... read more »
One trillion dollar investment possible in India”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off day two of his UAE trip by visiting Masdar City, a hub of cleantech and S&T innovation. He also met with a delegation of investors immediately... read more »
Missing Indonesian plane: Search team finds wreckage, no word on survivors
Jayapura (Indonesia): A search team has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people on board, rescue officials said on Monday. There was no... read more »
PM Modi takes took tour of Masdar City in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a tour of the Masdar City, a hub of cleantech and science and technology innovation, here on the second day of his two-day UAE visit. The... read more »
