Kabul , May 24 Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on several targets, including a police station, in Afghanistan capital Kabul Friday evening, leaving casualties, a police source said. The serial bombings were not near the Indian embassy.
London , May 24 Children accessing pornography are more likely to have sex at a younger age and engage in "risky behaviours", a British report has warned.
London , May 24 Two prison vans, one of them carrying a self-admitted cop-killer to Britain's Preston Crown Court, crashed Friday, leaving four officers and a prisoner writhing in pain.
Beijing , May 24 President Xi Jinping Friday reaffirmed China's stance of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula while stressing that targets should be met by all parties involved irrespective of how the situation evolved.
Islamabad , May 24 Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal Friday called on Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become the prime minister of Pakistan, and discussed ways of strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries, Geo News reported.
London , May 24 A British teacher who spent two years trying to seduce a male pupil less than half her age has been banned from every school in the country.
Beijing , May 24 As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said.
Islamabad , May 24 Pakistani government Friday reiterated its opposition to US drone strikes on its territory, saying the strikes were "counter-productive" and "entail loss of innocent civilian lives".
Bangkok , May 24 Five Thai soldiers were killed and one was injured in a roadside bomb explosion in a Thai province of Pattani Friday. The rangers were returning to their base in their pick-up truck after duty at a Buddhist temple.
Islamabad , May 24 At least two people were killed when a blast destroyed a vehicle at a seminary in Pakistan's Peshawar city Friday, Geo News reported.
