Qatar Stresses Importance of UN Security Council Reform
New York, March 08 (QNA) – The State of Qatar stressed the importance of reforming the United Nations Security Council in light of the current challenges and conflicts. Addressing the UN General Assembly Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, HE Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani said […]
Train hits bus in southern US; unknown number dead, injured
Author: Associated PressTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488954654686224200 BILOXI, US: A train has collided with a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, causing an unknown number of deaths and injuries. Biloxi city spokesman Vincent Creel says emergency responders were still removing injured people from the bus more than 30 minutes after the crash Tuesday. Creel says a CSX train headed eastbound […]
Gunmen attack military hospital in Afghan capital
Author: Mirwais Harooni | ReutersWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488953562856166400 KABUL: Explosions and gunfire rattled Kabul’s diplomatic district Wednesday when insurgents dressed as doctors attacked Afghanistan’s largest military hospital, officials said, as growing insecurity besets the war-battered country. No insurgent group immediately claimed responsibility for the ongoing assault on the Sardar Daud Khan hospital, but it comes as the […]
WikiLeaks reveals CIA trove alleging wide-scale hacking
Author: JACK GILLUM and RAPHAEL SATTER | APTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488951876426104200 WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users’ computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, […]
One in five believe women inferior to men: Global survey
Author: ReutersWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488930672182284100LONDON: One in five people around the world believe women are inferior to men and should stay at home, and that men are more capable in the workplace and at school, according to a global survey released on Tuesday.Nearly all of the 17,550 people surveyed agreed that men and women should have equal rights, […]
House GOP releases bill replacing Obama health care overhaul
Author: The Associated PressWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488923454801702600 WASHINGTON: House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a package that would scale back the government’s role in helping people afford coverage and likely leave more Americans uninsured. House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation Wednesday, launching what […]
Indian police widen probe into politicians’ links to child trafficking
Author: ReutersWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488923454831702900KOLKATA: Police in eastern India are investigating two more senior members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party as a probe into politicians’ involvement in the trafficking and selling of children for adoption widened on Tuesday.West Bengal State police said they planned to question two senior lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following […]
Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims at UN court
Author: AFPWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488923454881703200 THE HAGUE: Russia hit back Tuesday at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing as “neither factual nor legal” Kiev’s contention that it is breaking its treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels. “The Russian Federation complies fully with its obligations under (the) treaties that are now relied upon by Ukraine,” to […]
China calls for cease-fire as thousands flee Myanmar border town
Author: The Associated PressWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488923441311695000 YANGON: Thousands were fleeing a Myanmar town bordering China on Tuesday after at least 30 people were killed in fighting between the army and ethnic rebels as Beijing called for an immediate cease-fire between the two sides. The violence is some of the most intense to rattle the Chinese-speaking Kokang region […]
Philippines protests ‘Madam Secretary’ portrayal of leader
Author: APWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1488923441411695600MANILA: The Philippine government has protested the depiction of a fictional leader of its country who makes a pass at the female US Secretary of State in the CBS drama “Madam Secretary.”A video teaser of the episode airing Sunday shows the middle-aged Filipino character with a bloodied nose after being punched by the titular […]
