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43 killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen
At least 43 people, mostly children believed to be under the age of 10, were killed and several injured when Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit buses in northern Yemen on Thursday, officials said.
At least 29 children killed in Yemen bus attack: Red Cross
At least 29 children were killed in an attack on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen today, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. "A hospital supported by our team in Yemen received the bodies of 29 children under the age of 15 and 48 wounded, including 30 children," the ICRC said in an Arabic-language tweet. A Saudi-led coalition fighting alongside the government against rebels in Yemen said it carried out a "legitimate military action" in the area.
Yemen elders: Saudi airstrike kills 20, including children
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus in a market in northern Yemen today, killing at least 20 people, including children, and wounding as many as 35, Yemeni tribal leaders said. The Saudi-led coalition, meanwhile, said it targeted the rebels, known as Houthis, who had fired a missile at the kingdom's south the previous day, killing one person. Yemen's rebel-run Al Masirah TV aired dramatic images of wounded children, their clothes and schoolbags covered with blood as they lay on hospital stretchers. According to Yemeni elders, the attack took place in the Dahyan market in Saada province, a Houthi stronghold. The province lies along the border with Saudi Arabia. The bus was ferrying local civilians, including many school children, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. There was no breakdown in the casualties and it was not immediately clear how many of the victims were on the bus itself and how many were pedestrians in .
Cabinet clears 4 new NDRF battalions for J-K, Himachal, U'khand, Delhi-NCR
The Union Cabinet today gave the nod to raising of four new battalions of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) which will be based in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the national capital region. A government statement said the Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "has given the approval for raising of four additional battalions of NDRF to strengthen India's disaster response set up at an estimated cost of Rs 637 crore". The aim is to reduce the response time, keeping in view the vast geographical area of the country, according to the statement. An NDRF battalion comprises a little over 1,000 personnel. The statement said these four battalions will initially be raised in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (2 battalions) and one each in Border Security Force (BSF) and Assam Rifles. "Later, these battalions will be converted into NDRF battalions. Based on the vulnerability profile, these battalions will be positioned in Jammu and ...
Russia slams 'unacceptable' US sanctions
Russia on Thursday slammed as "categorically unacceptable" and "illegal", the Trump administration's decision to impose tough new US sanctions on Moscow following the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK earlier this year.
5000 court arrest in Left agitation in Tripura
Over 5,000 opposition Left supporters today courted arrest from various parts of Tripura in a civil disobedience agitation against the alleged anti-farmer policy of the central government, police said. Police said there was no report of violence during the agitation, though Left leaders alleged that they were attacked by ruling BJP supporters at different places. In the first major political protest since the poll debacle of the Left Front in Tripura in February, seven Left trade unions organized the stir as part of a nationwide protest by different peasant bodies. Assistant Inspector General (Law and order) Smriti Ranjan Das said 5,222 supports were arrested from across the state and no violence was reported. However, All India Krishak Sabha state secretary and Narayan Kar alleged large-scale violence by ruling "BJP supported goons" on the agitators. "BJP-supported goons attacked farmers at Gandacherra in Dhalai district, Panisagar in North Tripura and Amarpur in Gomati
Airbnb ties up with Sri Lankan tourism board to provide local experiences
Global hospitality services provider Airbnb has signed-up with the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to provide tourists with local and traditional experiences in the country through the "Airbnb Experiences" platform.
British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq
The British Museum said today it is returning to Iraq a collection of 5,000-year-old looted antiquities seized from a London dealer shortly after the US-led invasion in 2003. The eight objects were confiscated by police in May that year after the dealer failed to produce proof of ownership, and were passed to the museum for analysis earlier this year. Three of the objects carry Sumerian inscriptions which identify their origin as the Eninnu temple in the ancient city of Girsu, now known as Tello, in southern Iraq. Their identification was made easier by the fact that Tello is one of the excavation sites where the British Museum has been training Iraqi archaeologists since 2016. "The other items are identical to objects known from excavations at Tello and most likely also originate from the same site," the museum said in a statement. The objects are believed to have been removed at night by a small number of people over a short period of time -- the scale of the looting is more limited
Soldier cremated in Haryana village with full state honours
Lance Naik Vikram Jit Singh, who was killed fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, was cremated with full state honours at his native village Tepla in Ambala district of Haryana on Thursday.
Police foil Congress procession in Imphal
: Police on Thursday foiled a Congress procession to offer floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the the 76th anniversary of Quit India movement.
Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern Provincial Council pays tribute to Karunanidhi
Northern Provincial council observed a moment of silence in the assembly today to pay tributes to DMK leader M Karunanidhi as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe hailed Tamil Nadu's former five-term chief minister for his role in strengthening ties between Sri Lanka and India. The Tamil-dominated council noted Karunanidhi's strong voice in support of Sri Lankan Tamils and their struggle over the past years. The 94-year-old leader, a five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu, breathed his last at Kauvery Hospital in downtown Chennai at 6.10 pm on August 7 after waging a grim battle for life for 11 days. In a special message, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said the cooperation the veteran leader rendered in widening diplomatic relations between the two countries should be remembered. "I convey my deepest sympathies on behalf of all Sri Lankans for the bereaved, on his passing," he added. Sri Lanka's incumbent Maithripala Sirisena, his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa and several other ...
Arrested Kashmiri militant sent to JIC, grilled by security agencies
Kashmiri terrorist Irfan Hussain Wani was sent to the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) and grilled by security agencies, including the Delhi Police, in connection with a terror plot of Al-Qaida linked Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGUH) to disturb the Independence Day celebrations in Delhi. Wani was arrested on Sunday night here and eight grenades were seized from his possession. Sources in the security establishment said he was sent to the JIC at Miran Sahib here and was being interrogated about terror plots and sleeping cells. They said two officers from the Delhi Police had also joined the interrogation and they wanted to take Wani to Delhi for further investigation. As per the sources, Wani was in touch with top AGUH terrorists and his mobile, which was seized by the police, was sent for decoding to the national capital. They said he had given some leads about the person to whom he was supposed to deliver the bag containing grenades. He was reportedly staying in a hotel in Jammu and was .
More than 2,000 evacuated to remove WWII-era bomb in Poland
Polish police say they are evacuating more than 2,000 people after the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb weighing some 250 kilograms (550 pounds). The bomb was discovered in the Oder River in the town of Glogow, an area of southwestern Poland that was part of Germany during the war. Lukasz Szulikowski, an official with the Glogow police, told the PAP news agency that authorities are evacuating some 2,000 to 3,000 people in the area by bus to a nearby school ahead of the removal of the bomb. He said the bomb was discovered during the cleaning of the river bottom. The private broadcaster TVN24 reported that it is the fourth World War II-era bomb found in the region over the past year.
346 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine
A fresh batch of 346 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here today for the holy cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, a police official said. The yatra commenced from the twin routes of Baltal in Ganderbal and Pahalgam in Anantnag district on June 28. So far, over 2.75 lakh pilgrims had paid their obeisance at the cave shrine. Yesterday, 659 pilgrims paid obeisance at the holy cave, the official said, adding that till date 2,75,125 pilgrims have had darshan. The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 26 coinciding with the Raksha Bandhan festival.
TSR contingent in Mizoram to particpate in I-Day parade
To strengthen inter-state cooperation among the security forces, a contingent of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) has gone to Mizoram and Mizoram Armed Police (MAP) personnel have arrived in Tripura to participate in the Independence Day parade of the neighbouring state. Assistant Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Smriti Ranjan Das said that a recent directive from the Ministry of Home affairs to all the states had asked for inter-state participation of the security forces in the Independence Day parade of neighbouring states. In January last, during a meeting of the DGPs and IGs at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had suggested that security forces of the neighbouring states could participate in each others Independence Day programme to improve inter-state cooperation among the security forces, a top police official said. In line with the directive, a contingent of 44 TSR personnel has gone to Mizoram and a contingent of the same number of .
UN chief sounds nuclear warning to mark Nagasaki bombing
Millions still live in fear of nuclear war with many countries ramping up their atomic arsenals, the head of the United Nations warned today, marking the anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing. Antonio Guterres, the first sitting UN secretary general to attend ceremonies honouring those who died in the bombing, said that even 73 years later, there was still a "shadow cast by the dread of unthinkable carnage. "Nuclear-armed states are spending "vast sums" to modernise their arsenals and "disarmament processes have slowed and even come to a halt," noted Guterres. "There is an urgent need for disarmament of all kinds, but especially nuclear disarmament," stressed the secretary general. The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing around 140,000 people. The toll includes those who survived the explosion itself but died soon after from severe radiation exposure. Three days later, the US dropped a plutonium bomb on the port city of Nagasaki, killing some 74,000 .
Youth abducted by militants in J&K dies
A youth abducted by militants from Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district succumbed to torture injuries on Thursday while the other civilian was released alive, police said.
UN Chief urges nuclear powers to lead non-proliferation efforts
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged countries possessing nuclear weapons to lead non-proliferation efforts, during the commemoration of Nagasaki bombing's 73rd anniversary,
Youth 'abducted and tortured' by militants, dies
A youth, who was allegedly abducted and tortured by unidentified militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, succumbed to injuries at a hospital, police said today. Two youths -- identified as Mehraj Ahmad and Arif Ahmad -- were abducted by unidentified militants yesterday, a police spokesperson said. Arif was later "retrieved" in an injured condition and his body "bore visible torture marks". The youth was immediately shifted to a hospital here where he breathed his last, the officer said. Police have registered a case and an investigation is on, he said.
Chinese Naval ship arrives in Lanka on goodwill visit
A Chinese Naval ship has arrived at the port of Colombo on a four-day goodwill visit, the Sri Lankan Navy said. 'Qian Weichang', the ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China, was ceremonially welcomed by the Sri Lankan Navy in accordance with the force's traditions upon its arrival yesterday. During its stay in the country, the ship's crew is scheduled to participate in events organised by the Lankan Navy as well as visit places of tourist attraction in the island nation. The 129-metre-long and 17-metre-wide vessel which has a displacement of 4,900 tons is manned by 158 officers and sailors.