Lagos, Oct 27 (IANS) A German construction worker was shot dead in southwest Nigeria’s Ogun state by unknown gunmen, his employer Julius Berger said Monday. The unnamed worker, a sub-contractor, was shot dead last Friday when several workers were traveling without their security escorts. Another staff of Julius Berger was abducted, the company confirmed to Xinhua, […]
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis Monday met with top Pakistani advisers in Islamabad and discussed the recent developments in Afghanistan and in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations, officials said. Pakistani leaders assured full “support for the United Nations in dealing with issues post-2014” as most of the foreign troops are on […]
Tallinn, Oct 27 (IANS) A teacher was killed in a school shooting around 2 p.m. Monday in Viljandi, southern Estonia, media reported. The school, Paalalinna, where the teacher worked, confirmed the shooting incident reported by Estonian website Delfi. A teacher, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua that the local police had been called in […]
Kabul, Oct 27 (IANS) A group of suicide bombers stormed the office of a prosecuting attorney in the Afghan city of Kunduz, 250 km north of Kabul Monday, leaving six people dead and seven wounded, security official Abdullah said. “A group of suicide bombers stormed the office of prosecutor in Kunduz city at 1.20 p.m. today […]
Damascus, Oct 21 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the US to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Kobane in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Tuesday. Two weapons shipments airdropped by the US fighters landed in […]
Bogota, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The world’s first floating gas liquefaction plant is due to begin operating next year off the coast of northern Colombia under a pact between Canada-based Pacific Rubiales Energy and Belgian shipbuilder Exmar. Executives from the two firms signed the accord in Bogota in a ceremony that included Belgium’s Princess Astrid, leading a […]
Beijing, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The use of hotels and factories as clandestine prisons where thousands of people — mostly women — are tortured to prevent their complaints against the government from coming to light has rapidly increased in China, an organisation Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said Tuesday. In a report entitled, “We’ll Beat You to […]
Geneva, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Tuesday that it will begin clinical trials Nov 1 in Switzerland of one of the two anti-Ebola vaccines currently under development. WHO Assistant Director-General Marie Paule Kieny said the reason that the trials, set to be held at Lausanne, Switzerland, were important was that they include […]
Siliguri, Oct 21 (IANS) Just days after two elephants were electrocuted, two more pachyderms were found dead in northern West Bengal Tuesday, forest officials said. According to the officials, a sub-adult elephant was found dead in a paddy field in Upper Kalarabari near Morahat village of Banarhat. The carcass of a female elephant was found lying […]
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 28 militants were killed when the Pakistani army launched an air strike in the country’s northwest tribal town of Datta Khel Tuesday, military said. In a statement, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the mouthpiece of the Pakistani army, said that the operation was launched in Datta Khel area of North […]