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All involved in Sri Lanka attacks dead or arrested

COLOMBO, May 07 (Agencies): Two bomb experts were among the suicide attackers who struck churches and hotels on Easter in Sri Lanka and all those directly involved in the bombings are either dead or under arrest, police said.Acting police chief CD Wickramaratne also said in a statement late Monday that...

US refusal sinks Arctic climate change declaration

ROVANIEMI, May 07 (AFP): Members of the Arctic Council meeting in Finland's far north on Tuesday failed to issue their traditional final declaration due to a US refusal to mention climate change, delegates said.At the start of the 11th ministerial meeting, chair Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini announced a change...

Taliban attack on security checkpoints kills eight members

KABUL, May 07 (Agencies): An Afghan official says the Taliban have targeted security checkpoints in northeastern Takhar province, killing eight members of the security forces.Wafiullah Rahmani, head of the provincial council, says three soldiers and five policemen were killed in Monday night's attack in Khwaja Bahaudin district.The Taliban claimed responsibility...

Pakistan arrests eight Chinese citizens for trafficking girls

LAHORE, May 07 (AFP): Pakistan arrested at least eight Chinese nationals for allegedly luring young Pakistani girls into fake marriages then forcing them into prostitution in China, authorities confirmed to AFP on Tuesday.The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said four Pakistanis who helped to facilitate the fake marriages were also arrested....

13 perish as pvt jet crashes in Mexico

TORREON, May 07 (AFP): The wreckage of a private jet that disappeared while flying from Las Vegas to Monterrey, in northern Mexico, was found on Monday, with no sign that any of the 13 people on board survived, officials said.Air-traffic controllers said they lost contact with the Bombardier Challenger 601...

Indonesian cops thwarts IS-linked bomb plots

JAKARTA, May 07 (AFP): Indonesia has thwarted a bid by Islamic State-linked militants to stage a series of bombings when it announces official election results this month, authorities said.Police in the Southeast Asian nation said Monday that they had arrested eight suspects at several locations over the past week, including...

News in Brief -(08-05-2019)

Scientists develop material to tackle oil pollutionBEIJING, May 07: Chinese scientists have developed new biomimetic polypropylene foams for oil-water separation, which can be used to prevent and control oil pollution. Oil-water separation is a global challenge due to increasing industrial oil-containing waste water and frequent oil spills. Consequently, research on...