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The Indian market where rat earns top price
Published On: December 26, 2018 04:20 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
ASSAM, Dec 26: Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields.
Pakistan's journalists complain of increasing censorship
Published On: December 26, 2018 03:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Pakistani journalists, who have taken on military dictators and been beaten and jailed in the pursuit of a free press, say they now face a form of censorship that is more subtle but no less chilling, one spearheaded by the security services.
Japan to resume commercial whaling after pulling out of IWC
Published On: December 26, 2018 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Dec 26: Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Protests in Tunisia after journalist sets himself on fire
Published On: December 26, 2018 02:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TUNIS, Tunisia, Dec 26: Protests erupted Tuesday in Tunisia after the death of a journalist who set himself on fire to protest economic problems in the North African nation, prompting clashes with police and nationwide concern.
Koreas hold groundbreaking ceremony for railway project
Published On: December 26, 2018 09:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Dec 26 : South Korean officials attended a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for an aspirational project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South.
Japan approves 126 measures to attract more foreign workers
Published On: December 25, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
TOKYO, Dec 25: Japan's government on Tuesday adopted a slew of measures to encourage foreign nationals to work in the country and to smooth their integration into society.
Amnesty says 37 killed in Sudan’s anti-government protests
Published On: December 25, 2018 03:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAIRO, Dec 25 : Amnesty International says it has “credible reports” that Sudanese police have killed 37 protesters in clashes during anti-government demonstrations that erupted last week across much of the country.
Militants attack Libya’s Foreign Ministry, 3 killed
Published On: December 25, 2018 03:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LIBYA, Dec 25: Security officials say a suicide bomber has targeted Libya’s Foreign Ministry in the capital, Tripoli, killing three people.
Sick, hungry Indonesia tsunami survivors cram shelters
Published On: December 25, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
INDONESIA, Dec 25: Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres.
North Korea ordered to pay parents, estate of student $500M
Published On: December 25, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.
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