One Killed in Kabul Explosion
Kabul, March 07 (QNA) – An explosion hit Kabul city on Tuesday morning killing one person, according to preliminary reports. The explosion, which took place in the vicinity of the 6th police district of the city, triggered by a magnetic bomb, Afghan News Agency (Khaama) reported. Eyewitnesses in the area said the magnetic bomb was planted […]
Prime Minister Meets Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff
Doha, March 07 (QNA) – HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani met Tuesday with HE Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and his accompanying delegation on the occasion of their visit to the country. Talks during the meeting covered […]
’Hormonal’ women need protecting, Indian minister says
Author: Agence France PresseTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488868423916896100 NEW DELHI: Female students need curfews to protect them from their own “hormonal outbursts,” India’s women’s minister has said, sparking ridicule on social media. Many Indian universities inflict curfews on women while allowing their male students freedom to stay out at night, a policy that critics say is sexist and outdated. […]
4 drug suspects killed as Philippine police resume drugs war operations
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488868423966896400 MANILA: Philippine police killed four suspected drug dealers in three separate incidents on Tuesday, a provincial police commander said, just hours after a relaunch of anti-drugs operations that the national police chief said he hoped would be “less bloody.” The incidents were the first reported deaths of drug suspects since Philippine National Police […]
N. Korea, Malaysia ban each other’s citizens from leaving
Author: EILEEN NG | APTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488865988186830100 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: North Korea said Tuesday it was banning Malaysians from leaving the country as its bitter diplomatic battle with Malaysia escalated dramatically over the poisoning death of Kim Jong-Nam, the North Korean leader’s estranged half brother. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the travel ban was tantamount to […]
US starts deploying anti-missile system in S.Korea after defiant North’s latest test
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488865988276830700 SEOUL, South Korea: The US started to deploy the first elements of its advanced anti-missile defense system in South Korea on Tuesday after North Korea’s test of four ballistic missiles, US Pacific Command said, despite angry opposition from China. The announcement came as North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong-Un had personally […]
US House Republicans unveil bill to repeal Obamacare
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488846052065988200 WASHINGTON: Republicans in the US House of Representatives unveiled long-awaited legislation on Monday to repeal much of the Obamacare health care law, including its expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor. President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to repeal and replace former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature […]
North Korea missiles ‘drill for strike on US bases in Japan’: KCNA
Author: Agence France PresseTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488845968815977500 SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea’s launch of four missiles on Monday was a training exercise for a strike on US bases in Japan and supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday. Three of the four missiles came down provocatively close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part […]
Carson calls slaves ‘immigrants’ in speech, drawing criticism
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488845800305967500 WASHINGTON: Ben Carson, the new secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Monday referred to slaves brought to the United States against their will as “immigrants,” drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups who cast his remarks as offensive. It was Carson’s first address to the staff at […]
WHO: Pollution kills 1.7m children a year
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488842499263276400 GENEVA: More than one in four deaths in children under five are linked to polluted environments, according to two new World Health Organization (WHO) reports published Monday. Each year, environmental risks such as indoor and outdoor pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water and poor sanitation kill around 1.7 million children between the ages of […]
