India: 72 Killed After Consuming Illicit Liquor

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — The death toll due to consumption of illicit liquor in northern India has risen to 72, officials has said. According to officials, in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh 36 deaths have taken place owing to the consumption of spurious alcohol. “As of now at the district hospital here 46…

Spain: Catalan separatists face long-awaited trial in Madrid

MADRID, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain that plunged the country into crisis starts on Tuesday under intense scrutiny and controversy. Expected to last three months, the trial is due to be broadcast live on television from…

Five dead, three rescued in Kashmir avalanche

SRINAGAR, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three policemen were rescuedwhile five other bodies were recovered from an avalanche that buried10 people in Indian-administered Kashmir following two days of heavysnowfall, police said. The avalanche hit a fire emergency facility late Thursday in the Banihalarea of the Kashmir valley. Six police, two prisoners…

Palestinian arrested over killing of Israeli: police

JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Palestinian suspected of having killed a young Israeli woman has been arrested in a raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah, an Israeli police spokesman said on Saturday. The body of Ori Ansbaher, 19, was found on Thursday evening in the south of…

Turkey building collapse death toll rises to 21

ISTANBUL, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the collapse of anapartment building in Istanbul rose to 21 Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities have “lessons to learn” from the incident. The eight-storey block in the Kartal district on the Asian side of thecity collapsed on Wednesday…

US envoy to meet with North Korea again ahead of Trump-Kim summit

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a second much-anticipated summit in Hanoi, as preparations kick into high gear for the peace talks. Trump announced the exact location on Twitter — only the country, Vietnam, was previously known…

New Zealand village “in hands of God” as fire threatens

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An entire village of more than 3,000 people was evacuated in New Zealand as a huge bushfire threatenedhouses, and firefighters said they were “in the hands of God”. A state of emergency has been declared Saturday around the town of Wakefield as the fire, which…

UN chief sees ‘wind of hope’ in African peace deals, elections

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that a slew of peaceful elections and truces in Africa were signs of a “wind of hope” on the continent. He was speaking on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where…

US seeks UN draft resolution calling for Venezuela elections

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Stateshas presented a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Councilcalling for international aid deliveries and a presidential vote inVenezuela, triggering a Russian counter-proposal. While no date has yet been set for a vote on the American draft, andnegotiations are ongoing, Russia…

Bangladesh wants “safe haven” for Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh wants a “safe haven” for theforcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Rakhine state by ensuring their safe, secured and dignified repatriation under the monitoring of India, China and other ASEAN nations. “We want a safe haven for the Rohingya people in Myanmar’s Rakhine stateand…