BEIJING: At least 150 people have died after an earthquake struck a remote part of southwestern China on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported. The US Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake hit Yunnan province at 4:30 pm at a depth of 10 kilometers.
CGames: Indian officials reportedly arrested for assault
NEW DELHI: Scottish police have arrested two Indian officials who were in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games for alleged assault, according to Indian media reports on Sunday. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta was arrested over an alleged incident in Glasgow on Saturday, the Times Now network reported. Wrestling referee Virender Malik was also detained elsewhere in the Scottish city on Saturday for a separate case of assault, according to the network.
Gunmen attack Lebanon army checkpost, 8 soldiers killed
BEIRUT: Eight Lebanese soldiers have been killed in clashes with gunmen in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria, which erupted after a suspected jihadist was detained, the army said Sunday. In a statement, the army said its operations against the gunmen in the Arsal region continued into Sunday morning, adding that “during the battles the army lost eight martyrs and a number of others have been wounded.
Strong 6.1 quake hits southwest China: USGS
BEIJING: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China´s Yunnan province Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) west-northwest of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres.
Ed Miliband slams British PM’s silence
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Sunday demanded an unconditional ceasefire to resolve the “intolerable” situation in Gaza, adding that the British public was “deeply disturbed” by what it was seeing. Hammond, who took over from William Hague last month, told the Sunday Telegraph that the killing had to stop, having already said he was “gravely concerned” by the number of civilian casualties from Israel´s military operation in Gaza.
How Israel turned tragedy into opportunity
Justin Schwegel
On June 12, three Israelis settlers and possible murder, rumors swirled in the West Bank of an Israeli false operation. After all, the reasoning went, no Palestinian political player stood to gain from a kidnapping. It is now widely accepted that there was never a kidnapping and no one investigating the incident ever suspected one. To be sure, three Israeli settlers were killed, but it was done immediately without the intent to ever hold them.
Five more Palestinians martyred in Israeli air strikes
Death toll of Palestinians from ongoing Israeli aggression has risen to 657 during last 15 days. Five more Palestinians including two children have been martyred in fresh Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The death toll of Palestinians from ongoing Israeli aggression has risen to six hundred fifty-seven during last fifteen days. Israel have also reported that two more of its troops have been killed raising the death toll to twenty nine.
MPA, supporters free suspect in ‘counter raid’
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Rana Shoaib Idrees allegedly attacked Khurrianwala police station along with his supporters, thrashed three on-duty policemen and freed a man arrested from his outhouse in a raid. According to sources, Khurrianwala police late on Friday raided the MPA’s outhouse to arrest a PO, Iqbal, carrying Rs100,000 head money on charges of being involved in a case of terrorism, murder and attempt to murder.
US energy outlook undergoing a major overhaul
RIYADH: Debate on ‘resource nationalism’ is taking centrestage in Washington. With US crude output growing rapidly and the country emerging as the world’s top producer, there seems growing emphasis in Washington on controlling the newly found resource — and use it as a foreign policy tool. At the EIA’s 2014 Energy Conference last week, challenges haunting the policymakers and the energy markets were discussed and argued in detail.
Diplomatic drive intensifies as Gaza death toll reaches to 350
GAZA: Fresh Israeli bombardments killed five people in Gaza Sunday, hiking the death toll from the assault to over 350. Israel pressed its air, sea and ground offensive against the besieged coastal territory. Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal was to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Qatar to discuss an Egyptian-proposed truce on Sunday, and the movement said it had received an invitation to Cairo for ceasefire talks.
