Man gets life imprisonment for murdering teenage Indian wife in London
Tehran: Saudi warplanes ‘deliberately’ struck Iran’s embassy in Yemen in an air raid that wounded staff, Tehran said on Thursday, as tensions between the two regional powers mounted. “This deliberate action by Saudi Arabia is a violation of all international conventions that protect diplomatic missions,” a foreign ministry spokesman said. “The Saudi government is responsible for the damage caused and for the situation of members of staff who were injured,” he added.
China experiments public interest litigation
Beijing: China has commissioned a national pilot project to test public interest lawsuits largely planned on the lines of India’s public interest litigations but mainly pursuing cases related to pollution, drug and food safety. The country’s prosecuting departments have filed five public-interest lawsuits involving environmental pollution with the courts since July 2015 as part of the national pilot programme aimed at protecting public resources.
Obama’s tears were real, says Trump
Washington: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said he disagrees with Barack Obama on gun control measures but conceded that the US President’s tears while talking of steps to tackle gun violence were real. Trump, a fierce Obama critic, said the fact that he disagrees with the US President on his gun control measures does not mean that his heart is in the wrong place.
Chinese university to set up anti-terrorism school
Beijing: A Chinese university will start a school specialising in anti-terrorism courses to cash in on the growing demand for security personnel following the counter-terrorism law that came into effect from January 1. The Northwest University of Political Science and Law in Xi’an will take in law graduates and teach them the latest anti-terrorism theories and practices.
