News in Brief -(25-2-2019)

North China mine accident kills 21
HOHHOT, Feb 24: A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes Saturday at a mining company in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Sunday morning. The accident occurred around 8:20 a.m. Saturday at a lead, zinc and silver mine under Yinman Mining Company in West Ujimqin Banner, Xilingol League. The injured have been hospitalised. — Xinhua
Prince Harry, wife in Morocco on official visit
ASNI, Feb 24: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have arrived in Morocco for an official trip scheduled to be their last international journey before she gives birth to their first child. Meghan is seven months pregnant and is expected to have their child in April. — AP
77 drug peddlers held in northwestern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Police in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city have arrested 77 drug dealers who allegedly involved in peddling drugs to educational institutions, police said late Saturday. Senior Superintendent of Police Zahoor Afridi told media that police conducted a crackdown and arrested the 77 drug peddlers who were supplying ice, slang for addictive drug crystal methamphetamine, to the students and other people. — Xinhua
Tanzania nabs opposition woman leader
NAIROBI, Feb 24: The leader of the women's wing of Tanzania's main opposition has been arrested for "seditious" talk, colleagues from her Chadema party said on Sunday. Halima Mdee, 40, a member of parliament and a lawyer, was arrested on Saturday in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam after meetings with her constituents. — AFP
UNSC condemns attack against Mali peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday condemned the attack against peacekeepers of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the area of Siby. "The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, as well as to Guinea and to MINUSMA," read a UNSC press statement. — Xinhua
Erdogan lashes out at Sisi over executions
ISTANBUL, Feb 24: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticised his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after the recent execution of nine people in Egypt, saying he refused to talk to "someone like him". "They killed nine young people recently. This is not something we can accept," Erdogan said Saturday in an interview. — AFP