Trump expected to sign new travel ban order
Author: JULIE PACE and JILL COLVIN | APMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488788559028561600WASHINGTON: A revised executive order temporarily barring the entry of people from certain Muslim-majority countries and halting the nation’s refugee program is set to go to President Donald Trump soon.A White House official says plans to roll out the order are on track for Monday. The official insisted […]
North Korea fires 4 banned ballistic missiles into sea
Author: HYUNG-JIN KIM | APMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488790335038624000SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) on average, with three of them landing in waters that Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said. The test-launches appeared to be in reaction to huge […]
Indian police find 19 female fetuses dumped in sewer
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488788559078561900 MUMBAI: Indian police said Monday they had found 19 aborted female fetuses dumped in a sewer in the western state of Maharashtra, highlighting the country’s problem of female feticide. Prenatal sex tests are illegal in India, a policy designed to stop unborn girls being aborted by parents desperate for a boy. […]
Insurgents kill 5 Pakistani soldiers in tribal region
Author: RIAZ KHAN | APMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488783326718377400PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Islamic militants attacked three Pakistani military border posts in a tribal region along the Afghan border, killing five soldiers, the army said Monday.Pakistani troops repulsed the attackers, who had crossed overnight from Afghanistan into the northwestern Mohmand tribal region, the military statement said. It added that 10 of the […]
Ex-cop admits hand in 200 killings by Philippine death squad under Duterte
Author: Martin Petty | ReutersMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488776912298232700MANILA: A retired policeman testified before a Philippine Senate hearing on Monday to killing nearly 200 people as part of a “death squad” under President Rodrigo Duterte when Duterte was Davao City mayor, and said he came clean because of his “fear of God.”Arturo Lascanas admitted to lying in October during […]
Blair denies Trump job talks report
Author: AFPMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488750894864395700 LONDON: Tony Blair has had no discussions about working for US President Donald Trump, his spokesman said Sunday after reports that the former British prime minister sought to become his Middle East adviser. According to The Mail on Sunday newspaper, Blair met with Trump’s son-in-law and key aide Jared Kushner last week to […]
‘Never give up,’ Fillon tells supporters at Paris rally
Author: AFP, REUTERSMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488750894884396000PARIS: Embattled French conservative Francois Fillon told supporters Sunday to “never give up the fight” and gave no indication that he intends to quit the presidential election race over an expenses scandal. He apologized to his supporters, saying that among the judicial investigation “you have been forgotten,” but the 63-year-old said he was […]
Police on alert as Turkish minister speaks in Cologne
Author: AFPMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488750894854395400FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Police in the German city of Cologne on Sunday boosted security around a campaign appearance by Turkey’s economy minister.Nihat Zeybekci spoke at a private event in a central Cologne hotel on Sunday evening, after local authorities blocked two public rallies he had planned to woo Turkish expatriate voters for an April […]
Spanish boat rescues 250 migrants in Mediterranean
Author: The Associated PressMon, 2017-03-06ID: 1488750894834395100MADRID: A Spanish organization said on Sunday its rescue ship has saved 250 migrants in danger of capsizing near the Libyan coast.Proactiva Open Arms spokesperson Laura Lanuza said that the NGO’s boat rescued the African migrants from two small rubber vessels that were at risk of being overwhelmed by the sea.The migrants […]
After RSS Leader, BJP MLA Threatens to Disrupt Kerala CM's Hyderabad Meeting – News18
News18 After RSS Leader, BJP MLA Threatens to Disrupt Kerala CM’s Hyderabad MeetingNews18Hyderabad: Days after an RSS leader from Ujjain put Rs 1 crore bounty on Kerala CM Pinarari Vijayan, controversial BJP MLA from Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad Raja Singh has now threatened to stop Kerala chief minister from attending a … and more »
