South Korean fighter jets accidentally
drop bombs, eight injured
SEOUL, Mar 06: Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training Thursday, injuring eight people, officials said. The MK-82 bombs released by the KF-16 fighter jets fell outside a firing range, causing civilian damage, the air force said in a statement. The air force said it will form a committee to investigate why the accident happened and examine the scale of the civilian damage. It said the fighter jets were taking part in the air force's joint live-firing drills with the army. An unidentified air force official told local reporters that a pilot of one of the KF-16s put in a wrong coordinate for a bombing site. — AP
Moscow warns Macron not to threaten Russia
MOSCOW, Mar 06: Russia cautioned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday against threatening Russia with nuclear rhetoric and ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the biggest confrontation between the West and Russia since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Kremlin and White House have said missteps could trigger World War Three. Russian forces' advances in 2024, US President Donald Trump's upending of US policy towards Ukraine and Russia, and his demand for a deal to end the war have caused fears among European leaders that Washington is turning its back on Europe. — Reuters
Turkey presses PKK to disarm 'immediately'
ISTANBUL, Mar 06: Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately", a week after a historic call by the Kurdish militant group's jailed founder. "The PKK and all groups affiliated with it must end all terrorist activities, dissolve and immediately and unconditionally lay down their weapons," a Turkish defence ministry source said. The remarks made clear the demand referred to all manifestations of Abdullah Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has led a four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state, costing tens of thousands of lives. — AFP
Firefighters battle major blaze in Lima
LIMA, Mar 06: Hundreds of firefighters battled a major fire affecting several buildings in the historic center of Peru's capital Lima for a second day Wednesday. The fire broke out Monday in a warehouse operating without a permit in a building in the Barrios Altos district, spreading to neighboring buildings, four of which collapsed, the fire service and local media said. With insufficient water hydrants hampering efforts to extinguish the blazes, the "fire may continue until Sunday," Carlos Malpica, a city fire chief, told reporters at the scene. — AFP
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