Colombo, The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said the accountability process to investigate war crimes during the 30-year civil war in the island nation will begin next month. Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga, who heads the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, said the government was committed to achieving reconciliation and justice, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Islamabad, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday opposed a military solution to the Afghan problem a day after he held an ice-breaking meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Paris where they attended the UN Climate Change Conference. Both leaders had an opportunity to discuss security issues with particular focus on peace and reconciliation […]
Beijing, Chinese stocks opened mixed on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to open at 3,433.86 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.25 percent higher at 11,991.7 points, Xinhua news agency reported. The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.36 percent to open at 2,658.97 points.
Beijing, At least 10 people were killed in a gas poisoning incident in China’s Shandong province, government said. The incident happened at 5.50 p.m. (local time) on Sunday in a stainless steel company in Zouping county, Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 17 people were hospitalised, according to a statement from the local government. […]
Washington, US President Barack Obama on Sunday said he was “optimistic” about sealing a global climate agreement at the upcoming two-week UN conference in Paris. “What makes this gathering different is that more than 180 nations have already submitted plans to reduce the harmful emissions that help cause climate change,” Obama said in a Facebook […]
Islamabad, Nov 26 At least two people were killed and three injured in a bomb attack on a convoy of a federal minister in northwest Pakistan on Thursday evening, local media reported. The incident took place when a roadside bomb hit the convoy of Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Housing Akram Khan Durrani in the northwestern […]
Berlin, Germany will send up to 650 soldiers to Mali for peacekeeping missions, including support in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. The announcement came less than two weeks after the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and less than one week […]
Hindus have welcomed the idea of “prayer room” at Fiji’s main airport and regional hub for South Pacific, Nadi International Airport. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that having a “prayer room” at the airport would be a step in the positive direction. It would help infuse spirituality into […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh executed two political leaders, convicted of war crimes during the country’s independence war in 1971, amid tight security early on Sunday. Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunals had found the two guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing crimes, including mass killings. The executions of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party […]
Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include prints from fingers, palms and soles — helped officials identify the remains of the 28-year-old of Belgian-origin, CNN quoted the office as saying […]