CRIME: COURT SENTENCES 27 TO DEATH OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in Vietnam sentenced 27 people to death on Friday after finding them guilty of trafficking more than 600 kilos of narcotics including heroin,...
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES DRIVER WHO KILLED 35 IN CAR RAMMING TO DEATH
A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday,...
WORLD NEWS: SUZUKI MOTOR’S CHAIRMAN, OSAMU SUZUKI DIES AGED 94
Osamu Suzuki, who grew small-car specialist Suzuki Motor into an international brand with huge successes in India, died Wednesday at age 94 after bouts with...
NEWS: TINUBU MOURNS DEATH OF FORMER INDIAN PM MANMOHAN SINGH
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep condolences to the government and people of India over the death of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. A...
INDIA’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH DIES AT 92
Agency Report Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92....
NEWS: ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS FIVE JOURNALISTS IN PALESTINE
A Palestinian TV channel affiliated with a militant group said five of its journalists were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in...
JUST-IN: JAPAN AIRLINES RESTORE SYSTEMS AFTER CYBERATTACK DISRUPT FLIGHTS
Japan Airlines said its systems were up and running again after a cyberattack on Thursday caused delays to domestic and international flights. “We have identified...
WORLD NEWS: NEPAL HOSTS HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL
With Nepal’s snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country’s first hot-air balloon...
FORMER US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
Former US president Bill Clinton left hospital Tuesday, his office said, a day after he was admitted with a fever in the latest in a...
WORLD NEWS: FRANCE’S MACRON ANNOUNCES FOURTH GOVT OF THE YEAR
French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to...