2 women burn alive in India, Modi govt takes no action

NEW DEHLI July 28 (Online): Heart palpitating oppression continues in Modi’s India, two women of Kuki tribe burned alive in front of their family as riots continues in Manipur state over two and half month. US state department termed incident brutal and fearsome. According to […]

British Daesh fighter found dead in Spanish jail

LONDON July 27 (Online): A British-Egyptian man accused of fighting for Daesh has been found dead in prison. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 32, was on trial in Madrid charged with numerous terrorist offenses and online fraud in order to raise money for the group. He was […]

Syria blast kills six ahead of Ashura: ministry

Damascus, July 27 (AFP/APP): A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, Syria’s most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the interior ministry said. The deadly blast south of Damascus came ahead of the annual commemoration of […]

Niger military chief backs coup leaders, but president defiant

Niamey, July 27 (AFP/APP): Niger’s armed forces chief on Thursday declared his support for troops who announced they had seized power, despite a defiant stand by the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum. In the latest turbulence to shake the coup-prone Sahel, Bazoum was confined on Wednesday […]

24 killed in Senegal bus crash

Dakar, July 26 (AFP/APP): Twenty-four people, including four children, died Wednesday when a bus crashed in northern Senegal, the interior minister announced in a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the accident site. Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome said that 54 people were injured in the accident, […]

Modi govt faces no-confidence vote over ethnic clashes

NEW DELHI July 26 (Online): India’s parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi’s government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]

Police raid Ecuador prison as riot death toll climbs to 18

Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 25 (AFP/APP): Some 2,700 soldiers stormed a prison in Ecuador Tuesday to “retake control” as the death toll from a riot that started three days earlier rose to 18 inmates, officials said. According to the prosecutor’s office, “the deaths of 18 prisoners […]

N. Korea fires possible ballistic missile: Japan defence ministry

Tokyo, July 24 (AFP/APP): North Korea launched a possible ballistic missile, Japan’s defence ministry said on Monday. The projectile is believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to public broadcaster NHK citing government officials. South Korea’s military also said Pyongyang fired a […]