Heavy security at CBI offices
Heavy security was deployed at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi and other parts of India, in view of a protest called by the Congress on Friday.
Stepping up its campaign against the Centre over the removal of Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma, the Congress announced that it would demonstrate in front of all CBI offices in the country on Friday to press for his reinstatement.
Flash floods in Jordan
A child survivor receives medical care near the Dead Sea in Jordan Thursday, October 25, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP
Flash floods unleashed by heavy rains swept away middle school students and teachers visiting hot springs near the Dead Sea on Thursday, killing 18 and injuring 35 as the torrent carried some for several kilometers, a civil defence official said.
Israel’s military said it dispatched a search and rescue team at the request of Jordan’s government.
Protest in London over Yeman war, Khashoggi in London
Protesters demonstrating against the war in Yemen and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi drive a double-decker bus covered with banners past the Saudi Arabian embassy on October 25, 2018 in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Hundreds of people gathered outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in London to protest against the war in Yemen and the killing in Turkey of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Raising slogans against the Saudi regime, the protesters appealed to the UK government to withdraw arms sales from the country in light of its devastating bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Abe speaks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during the event marking the 40th anniversary of the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang commemorated the 40th anniversary of a friendship treaty in Beijing. In a sign of a thaw, Mr. Abe is making the first visit by a Japanese leader to China in 11 years. Mr. Abe will be in Beijing until Saturday and return to Japan in time to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Japan, on Sunday.