At least 10 people were killed Monday in twin bomb blasts at a market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Borno state, media reported.
The two bombs went off at mid-morning in the same place where another two explosions had killed 35 people last week in an attack carried out by female suicide bombers.
The attack was likely carried out by suicide bombers, a witness said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday called on world leaders to work together to end AIDS by 2030, saying the fast track approach launched last week by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS will enable the world to reach the bold goal.
The fast track strategy outlines a set of targets that would need to be reached by 2020, including 90 percent of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status; 90 percent of people who know their HIV-positive status on treatment; and 90 percent of people on treatment with suppressed viral loads, according to Xinhua.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg Monday said the international military alliance would launch a non-combat mission in Afghanistan in January next year.
Stoltenberg said the mission named “Resolute Support” aimed to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces, Xinhua reported.
“It reflects the progress we have made together with great sacrifice. And it will enable Afghanistan to build on that progress,” Stoltenberg said.
The NATO agreed in Wales to open a new chapter in its partnership with Afghanistan, as its combat mission in the country comes to a close by the year end.
Ahead of 2nd phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, authorities have deployed around 400 additional companies of police and paramilitary forces to ensure free, fair and incident free elections.
As per a senior police officer, around 400 additional companies of the police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in all the poll-bound areas of the state to guard polling stations, area domination and polling staff in the 18 assembly segments.
The prospects of Shiv Sena joining the first-ever BJP government in Maharashtra brightened today with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis saying that the talks on power sharing being almost complete and Sena also hinting at the “positive conclusion” of deliberations.
A senior Sena leader said the final outcome can be expected either by tonight, when Sena emissaries are meeting Fadnavis at his official residence ‘Varsha’ here, or tomorrow.
The Iraqi army has been paying salaries to at least 50,000 soldiers who do not exist, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.
A preliminary investigation into “ghost soldiers” whose salaries are being drawn but who are not in military service, revealed the tens of thousands of false names on defence ministry rolls, Washington Post quoted Abadi as telling the Iraqi parliament Sunday.
Follow-up investigations are expected to uncover “more and more”, he added.
The Republican congressional aide who posted a Facebook message criticising the behaviour of US President Barack Obama’s daughters during a White House ceremony has announced her resignation.
Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Republican Representative Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, said on the NBC television network that her resignation is “in the works”, following the controversy sparked by her comments over the weekend.
Two Ebola vaccines undergoing clinical trials have shown promising results and would be deployed in January 2015 to West African countries affected by the epidemic, a scientist from Oxford University said Monday.
Speaking at a conference of African Immunologists in Nairobi, Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, said the two vaccines will re-energise the fight against Ebola, Xinhua reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condemned the attack on CRPF troopers in Chattisgarh’s Sukma, that left 13 personnel dead.
“Words are not enough to condemn the brutal and inhuman attack by anti-national elements in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. I salute the courageous CRPF personnel who have been martyred today. Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their loved ones,” he said in a statement here.
Modi said he had discussed the issue with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, and the government “was monitoring the situation closely”.
Suspected militants tonight shot at and critically injured a sarpanch who joined PDP earlier in the day in the second attack on a village head in Shopian district of Kashmir Valley in as many days.
The attack by militants on Shiraz Ahmad Bhat–who was earlier affiliated to ruling National Conference–took place in Shigan area, police said.
It happened on the eve of the second phase of the five-phase Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Shopian goes to polls in the fourth phase on December 14.
Two-time World Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu lifted her first title of the season by successfully defending the USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the women’s singles finals, here Sunday.
World No. 11 Sindhu prevailed over 91st-ranked, Kim 21-12 21-17 in the summit clash that lasted 45 minutes at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion here.
FC Goa registered their third win on the trot at home as they drubbed NorthEast United FC 3-0 to jump to second place in the Hero Indian Super League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Monday.
FC Goa, who led 2-0 at half time, scored through Romeo Fernandes (33rd minute), Miroslav Slepicka (45Ư) and Andre Santos (74th).
The Zico-coached side ended their home campaign with their third straight win and moved to second spot with 18 points from 12 matches to brighten their chances of making it to the semifinals.
Sleuths of US intelligence agencies are likely to question Arif Majeed, who returned home after being associated with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, as he is believed to have loads of information about the group running a reign of terror in the region.
Official sources said the US, which is fighting a battle against ISIS, is keen to know about activities of the terrorist group and Arif could give inputs about the ground situation in the territory the outfit holds on.
Hyderabad: A day after mass copying through hi-tech gadgets by some candidates appearing for railway recruitment exam came to light here, authorities on Monday warned of strict disciplinary action against any employee of the transport undertaking found involved in the racket.
Cyberabad Police yesterday busted a gang which was allegedly involved in hi-tech mass cheating in the recruitment exam conducted by South Central Railway (SCR) for various posts in Hyderabad and all over the country.
The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress today accused the Delhi Police of failing to maintain communal harmony in the city after a blaze gutted a substantial part of St Sebastian’s Church at northeast Delhi’s Tahirpur area.
Both the parties have also demanded an impartial investigation into the incident in which the Christian community has suspected foul play. Police have registered a case under section 436 IPC (Mischief) on the complaint of the church authorities.
Malaysia has been accepted as the full member of the MH17 Joint Investigation Team, Malaysia’s Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail said Monday.
Abdul Gani said this notification was given by the Dutch National Public Prosecutor’s Office in its letter dated Nov 28, Xinhua reported.
The Joint Investigation Team initially comprised of the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium and Ukraine. Malaysia has called on the team to include its investigators in the probe instead of being just participants from time to time.
Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated Monday outside the headquarters of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza city to protest the stagnant reconstruction process.
A 50-day large-scale air and ground Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which ended Aug 26, left thousands of Palestinian houses either completely destroyed or severely damaged.
The demonstrators held banners calling for an end to the Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2006, Xinhua reported.
Refusing to talk about Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s role in his company India Cements, BCCI’s President-in-exile N Srinivasan today made it clear that the Indian captain would not be asked to resign despite questions about conflict of interest being raised against him.
Srinivasan, who is also the ICC Chairman, declined comments on the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which is being heard in the Supreme Court right now after Justice Mudgal Committee submitted its investigative report on the matter.
The BJP Monday dismissed the protests of Trinamool Congress parliamentarians over the recovery of a diary concerning the Sahara Group that allegedly mentions BJP chief Amit Shah’s name, saying the ruling party in West Bengal was “rattled” by the response to Shah’s Sunday rally in Kolkata.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the Trinamool was making baseless allegations against Shah.
Trinamool members Monday staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha, seeking answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recovery of the diary.
Malayalam filmmaker Priyadarshan and his wife Lissy have decided to end their marriage. Lissy filed for divorce Monday here.
“It is with profound sadness that I am announcing that I and Priyadarshan have decided to get separated after 24 years of marriage. I have filed for divorce today (Monday) in Chennai family court. Both our children and close friends are aware of this decision,” Lissy, a former actress, said in a statement.
Reportedly, things turned bitter between the couple since the beginning of the year.
Members of the film fraternity are shocked and speechless after hearing the news that actress-model-host Gauahar Khan was slapped by a man for reportedly wearing skimp
Director Madhur Bhandarkar finds it “disgusting and highly condemnable”.
“Shocked to hear that Gauahar Khan got slapped for alleged indecency. Absurdity just touched a new level. Disgusting and highly condemnable,” tweeted the “Chandni Bar” director.
Gauahar was slapped Sunday night on the sets of singing reality show “India’s Raw Star” here. The accused was one of the audience members.
A mother and her five-year-old daughter were on Monday run over by a speeding Delhi-bound train at Dasna Jail Railway level crossing, when they were trying to cross the railway track.
The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old Saira and her minor daughter Nida, Railway Police Inspector Pankaj Lavania said.
The incident took place when Saira, along with her daughter, was heading towards Dasna District Jail to meet her husband Ilyas, who is lodged there in a rape case of a four-month-old girl.
Actress Angelina Jolie says she now prefers being behind the camera, and is slowing down her acting career.
The 39-year-old, who is busy promoting her directorial venture, “Unbroken”, has hinted that her career as an actress is over and being behind the camera is what her future holds, but her retirement isn’t set in stone just yet, reports contactmusic.com.
“I’ll do very little acting in the future. And it’s funny, somebody said to me – and I think it’s true – what’s odd is that I wouldn’t direct the films I act in.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar agreed to find a solution to the long-standing water-sharing issue with Delhi after Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu at a meeting Monday urged Khattar and Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to resolve the matter.
“We shall very shortly take a positive decision in the best interests of the people of Delhi and Haryana,” Khattar told reporters here.
Khattar’s statement comes close to the heels of his refusal to supply water to Delhi through the Munak canal.
A total of 67 people, including 15 border guards, were killed in clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants across Iraq Monday, as the Iraqi forces recaptured seven villages in the country’s east, security sources said.
In the western province of Anbar, 15 border guards were killed and five others injured when dozens of IS militants attacked their headquarters in al-Waleed crossing near the Syrian border, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.