France strikes new Mali town
Lanka president picks ally as chief justice, lawyers protest
Sri Lanka’s president Mahindra Rajapaksa appointed a close ally as chief justice on Tuesday, two days after he controversially sacked the country’s top judge for impeachment in the face of opposition from the Supreme Court. Full storyChina’s army told to prepare to fight
China’s armed forces have been instructed to raise their fighting ability in 2013, state media reported Tuesday, amid heightened tensions with Japan over disputed islands. In 2013, ‘the PLA and the Chinese People’s Armed Police... Full story‘Indians broke Australian isolation 4,000 years ago’
Ancient Indians migrated to Australia and mixed with Aborigines 4,000 years ago, bringing the dingo’s ancestor with them, according to new research that re-evaluates the continent’s long isolation before European settlement. Full story300 inmates break out of DR Congo jail
At least 300 prisoners have broken out of a jail in the strife-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, provincial governor Julien Paluku said Tuesday. The jailbreak took place on Sunday at Butembo... Full storyViolence kills 12 Pakistan security forces
At least 12 Pakistani security personnel have been killed in clashes and a landmine explosion in the two regions of the country most troubled by insurgents, officials said Tuesday. Full storyIndia suspends new visa scheme for Pakistanis
India’s government suspended a new programme to allow Pakistani pensioners to get visas on arrival at the border, citing technical glitches only hours after officials said it had begun Tuesday. Full storyOne dead, 900 hurt in heavy Japan snowfall
Heavy snow that blanketed eastern Japan over the holiday weekend left one man dead and 900 others injured, as Tokyo commuters Tuesday took to the slippery streets. A low-pressure system, dubbed a ‘bomb cyclone’ by local press... Full storyJapan, US fighter planes in joint drill
US and Japanese fighter jets on Tuesday carried out joint air exercises, an official said, days after Chinese and Japanese military planes shadowed each other near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Full storyJapan scientists breed salmon from surrogates
Japanese scientists have successfully bred a type of salmon using surrogate parents of a different species, in a breakthrough that could help preserve endangered creatures, the chief researcher said Tuesday. Full storyNew species of flying frog discovered in Vietnam
