Pakistan released 173 inmates to Indian authorities at the Wagah border on Monday, out of which 172 were fishermen. The Pakistani Government ordered the fishermen released from two Karachi jails on Sunday. Alleged violation of the Arabian Sea maritime boundary of Karachi led the fishermen to imprisonment in the Malir and Landhi District Jail. Earlier […]
Singapore has passed a law that bans the buying and selling of alcohol, including the drinking of alcohol in public places, from 10:30 p.m. until 7 a.m. The Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Bill, which was approved by the Parliament on January 30, 2015, will take effect in April. First-time offenders will receive a fine […]
Egypt bombed ISIS targets in Libya today, in retaliation to the gruesome beheading of 21 Coptic Christian Egyptian workers a day earlier. The militant group shared a video on YouTube showing the beheading of the Egyptian workers, which were abducted over a month ago, creating an out roar in Egypt. Twitter has been flooded with […]
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy is on the lookout for sword and gun toting pirates, thought to be of Indonesian origin, who had allegedly raided a Thai vessel in the Strait of Malacca on Friday evening (February 13), and made way with a substantial amount of fuel before placing TNT explosives on the ship’s bridge. […]
Turkey is in shock after the charred body of Ozgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old university student missing since February 11, was found in a riverbed on Friday. A 26-year-old bus driver has confessed to her murder. Suphi Altindoken, who now faces murder charges was supposed to be taking her home. According to his own testimony, he […]
In a now infamous tweet, Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner mocked the accent of Chinese people speaking Spanish during an official visit to the People’s Republic of China, upsetting media and social media users around the world. The president, who was accompanied by Argentinian entrepreneurs, intended to forge a strategic economic agreement with China […]
A military helicopter crashed in Jammu and Kashmir today. Two people, believed to be the pilots, are dead. Both bodies are too burned for immediate identification. The Dhruv caught fire after going down in a forest in Bandipora. The crash at around 7:43p.m. local time was during night training over Ganderbal. Search and rescue personnel […]
BANGKOK, Feb 11 – The Thai Embassy in Seoul, South Korea is speeding up assistance to five Thai nationals who were injured in a massive collision of about 100 vehicles on a bridge near Incheon International Airport yesterday. Embassy officials said that five Thas were among the victims of a pileup involving some 100 vehicles […]
