Five injured after quake hits Japan
Tokyo, Apr 9 : A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early today, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japans meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It […]
Saudi Arabia to show films for first time at Cannes festival: Minister
Paris, Apr 9 : Saudi Arabia will make its first official appearance at France’s Cannes film festival, submitting a selection of short films when the prestigious competition opens next month, the Saudi culture minister said today. “We are very happy… that there will be an official participation at the Cannes festival, for the first time,” Awwad […]
Fresh raids pound Syria’s rebel Douma after talks falter
Beirut, Apr 8 : Renewed air strikes have hit the last opposition holdout in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, leaving 70 civilians dead in around 24 hours, as regime troops pressed an offensive to pressure rebels to withdraw. Eleven people also suffered breathing problems in Douma, the last rebel-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta, with first responders accusing […]
Brazil’s Lula spends first day of 12-year prison sentence
Curitiba (Brazil), Apr 8: Leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent today as Brazil’s first ex-president to be imprisoned for a common crime — and his cell was in the headquarters of the giant anti-graft probe that brought him down. The first day of Lula’s 12-year sentence marked the downfall of once one of the […]
Police stumped by motives of Germany van attacker
Munster (Germany), Apr 8 : German investigators were puzzled this morning by the motives of a man who drove a van into a crowd at an open-air restaurant the day before, killing two people before shooting himself. “So far there are no clues to a possible motive for the act,” said Martin Botzenhardt, senior prosecutor […]
Russian embassy in UK alleges London withholding on probes
London, Apr 8 : Russia’s embassy in London today accused Britain of “deliberately” withholding information on probes into the targeting of several Russians on its soil, as the war of words between the two countries continues. The embassy said it had asked the British Foreign Office for “detailed information” on the investigation into the March […]
‘New strikes on Syrias rebel Douma kill 8 civilians’
Beirut, Apr 7 : Air strikes on Syria’s rebel-controlled Douma killed eight civilians on Saturday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as government forces resumed a military blitz of the town. The Britain-based monitor said it could not confirm whether the strikes were carried out by Syrian government warplanes or those of its ally, […]
Top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan killed in airstrike: Officials
Mazar-I-Sharif (Afghanistan), Apr 7 : A high-ranking Islamic State commander in Afghanistan has been killed in an airstrike, officials said today, as Afghan and US forces dial up attacks on the militant group. Qari Hekmat was the top commander of IS Afghan franchise in the northern province of Jowzjan, where the group established a stronghold […]
Strong quake rattles Papua New Guinea
Sydney, Apr 7 : A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of Papua New Guinea today, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres some 195 kilometres west of the town of Mount Hagen, the US Geological Survey said. Much of the […]
Up to 2.7 million Europeans affected by Facebook data scandal: EU
Brussels, Apr 6 : Facebook has admitted it may have “improperly shared” the personal data of up to 2.7 million people in the European Union, the bloc announced today, saying it would demand further answers from the social media giant. The EU wrote to Facebook last week to ask how many Europeans were affected by […]
