2 killed in central Mongolia bus-truck crash
AFP : Two people were killed, and 18 others seriously injured in a bus-truck crash on Friday morning in central Mongolia, said the country’s National...
International
As gang violence rages, UN expert says Haiti now needs 5,000 foreign police
Al Jazeera : Haiti needs up to 5,000 international police to tackle “catastrophic” gang violence that has killed more than 1,500 people in the first...
Russia says UN sanctions on N.Korea have ‘not helped’ improve regional security
AFP : Russia said on Friday that United Nations sanctions on North Korea were an obstacle to fostering dialogue and peace on the Korean peninsula...
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma escapes unharmed from car crash
Al Jazeera : South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma survived a car accident after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police...
Delhi CM Kejriwal’s custody extended until April 1 in graft case
Reuters : An Indian court extended the custody of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday until April 1 in a graft...
Sri Lanka jails firebrand Buddhist monk for Muslim insults
AFP : A Sri Lankan court on Thursday sentenced an influential Buddhist monk to four years’ hard labor for fanning sectarian hatred against the island’s...
Drugmaker reports two more deaths linked to supplement
Al Jazeera : A Japanese drugmaker whose dietary supplements are at the centre of a growing health scare has reported two more deaths potentially linked...
Kyiv targets Russia’s navy as Moscow’s forces inch
Al Jazeera : Ukraine launched a devastating missile strike against Russian military targets in the Crimean port of Sevastopol late on Saturday, further debilitating Russia’s...
Nobel-prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies
The Guardian : Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who pioneered theories in behavioural economics that heavily influenced the discipline, and won him a Nobel prize, has...
‘Heroes’ scrambled to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge collapsed
AP : It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s 12-second warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its...
Top court begins hearing
UNB : Indonesia’s top court began hearing appeals Wednesday against the presidential election results lodged by two losing candidates who allege widespread irregularities and fraud...
European flying car technology sold to China
BBC : The tech behind a flying car, originally developed and successfully test-flown in Europe, has been bought by a Chinese firm. Powered by a...