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Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president
Published On: August 27, 2018 11:42 AM NPT By: Agencies
HARARE, Aug 27: Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since strongman Robert Mugabe was ousted from power.
Iran’s parliament removes finance minister from office
Published On: August 27, 2018 08:39 AM NPT By: Agencies
Aug 27: Iran’s Parliament voted on Sunday to remove the economics and finance minister, the state news media reported, dealing another blow to President Hassan Rouhani as the country faces high unemployment and inflation, as well as a weakened currency.
North Korea grants humanitarian release to Japanese tourist
Published On: August 27, 2018 08:34 AM NPT By: Agencies
Aug 27: North Korea has said it is freeing a detained Japanese tourist on humanitarian grounds.
Gunman kills two at video game tournament in Florida
Published On: August 27, 2018 07:28 AM NPT By: Reuters
JACKSONVILLE, Aug 27: A video gamer killed two people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire with a handgun at a tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, police said.
8 people, 6 of them kids, killed in Chicago apartment fire
Published On: August 27, 2018 07:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CHICAGO, Aug 27: Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation’s third-largest city in years, officials say.
Russian MoD: Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage chemical attack
Published On: August 26, 2018 04:15 PM NPT By: Agencies
MOSCOW, Aug 26: Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that according to information received earlier in the day by the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation from local residents, foreign English-speaking specialists arrived in the Habit settlement, which is located in the south of the Idlib de-escalation zone, for the staging of a "chemical attack" using chlorine-filled missiles.
Iran’s parliament sacks finance minister in blow to Rouhani
Published On: August 26, 2018 02:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TEHRAN, Aug 26: Iran’s parliament has voted to sack the finance minister, dealing another blow to President Hassan Rouhani as he faces mounting discontent over the economy.
Rs 94 crore bank theft: Hackers’ first attempt failed, went unnoticed
Published On: August 26, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
INDIA, Aug 26: The investigation into the Cosmos Bank malware attack in Pune, which led to the siphoning of Rs 94.42 crore, has revealed that hackers had failed in their first attempt to hack into the international money transfer system. However, this had gone unnoticed, said sources in the police department.
Argentina: 3,000 renounce Catholicism after abortion bill fails
Published On: August 26, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
ARGENTINA, Aug 26: The Argentine Coalition for a Secular State is trying to strip the Catholic Church of its political power in Argentina.
Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement, victims say
Published On: August 26, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBLIN. Aug 26: Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the sexual exploitation of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic Ireland and, according to victims, said the corruption and cover up of abuse amounted to human excrement.
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