37 dead in floods in DR Congo capital
Kinshasa: Thirty-seven people died on Thursday night when torrential rain and mudslides swept though shanty homes in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Indian envoy meets top official of china Party
Beijing: Indian Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale held talks with Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister, International Department of the ruling Communist Party, amid efforts by the two nations to improve their ties post-Doklam.
Iran hangs man for rape, murder of Af girl
Tehran: Iran hanged a man convicted of raping and killing a six-year-old Afghan girl in a case that has shocked the nation, local media reported.
Indian dies in Nepal building fire
Kathmandu: A 50-year-old Indian has died after a fire gutted a private residential building on the outskirts of the city, police said. Birval Majhi was seriously injured when the fire engulfed the first floor of the KL Residence building in Sanogauchar area.
Xi orders PLA to form elite combat force
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the military to create an elite force with training in real combat and digital warfare. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection of a division of the People’s Libration Army (PLA) army in the Central Theatre Command, State-run Xinhua news agency reported.
bus plunges over cliff in Peru: Death toll 51
Lima: Rescuers finished pulling 51 bodies from the wreckage of a bus that tumbled over a cliff in Peru in one of the deadliest vehicle accidents in the nation’s history, authorities have said. Nearly everyone on board was killed on Tuesday after the passenger bus collided with a tractor trailer on a narrow stretch of highway known as the “Devil’s Curve.”