Day: September 3, 2019
Paris court hands ex-Thai airline CEO 4-year term over 2007 crash
Paris, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):A French court on Tuesday sentenced the former head of a Thai budget airline to four years in jail ...Nigeria summons S.African envoy over ‘deep concern’ for xenophobic attacks
Abuja, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s government on Tuesday summoned South Africa’s envoy and said it would dispatch a delegation to ...US survive Turkey scare to win in overtime at World Cup
Shanghai, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Reigning champions the United States were given a huge scare in a nail-biting 93-92 overtime victory over Turkey at ...Dorian weakens to Category 2 hurricane: US meteorologists
Miami, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Hurricane Dorian, which has left at least five people dead in the Bahamas, weakened to a Category 2 storm ...UK’s Johnson says to make first visit to Ireland on Monday
London, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said he would travel to Ireland next week, after claiming that progress ...Eight bus passengers killed by road mine in Mali: police
Bamako, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Eight bus passengers were killed Tuesday by a road mine in central Mali, police and the bus company said. ...US manufacturing contracts for first time in 3 years: ISM
Washington, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Bogged down in the US-China trade war, the US manufacturing sector stumbled and fell into contraction last month for ...Qureshi holds telephonic conversation with Bangladeshi counterpart
ISLAMABAD, Sep 3 (APP):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr A K Abdul ...Govt to take action against HGOs violating Hajj agreements
ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP):Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Tuesday informed the Senate that the government would take strict ...UN rights investigator on Myanmar lambasts Suu Kyi
Seoul, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has washed her hands of the Rohingya crisis, a UN rights investigator ...