Gangneung, South Korea, Feb 19 (AFP/APP):The Olympic curling fraternity awoke Monday to news of a Pyeongchang doping scandal wondering more why a curler would cheat rather than fearful of an uneven playing field. Russia’s Alexander Krushelnitsky, a mixed doubles bronze medallist, was the curler at the centre of allegations he had taken the banned drug […]
International News
Shock and bewilderment as Olympic curling dragged into doping mire
-
Afghanistan denies China is building military base in Badakhshan
BEIJING, Feb 19 (APP):Afghanistan has refuted claims that China wants to establish a military base in the northeast province of Badakhshan in a bid to extend its presence in Afghanistan, a Chinese Defence journal “China Military” reported while quoting an Afghan media report on Monday. “Such military cooperation by the foreign countries will not take […]
-
S. Korea’s Moon says ‘too early’ for Pyongyang summit
S. Korea’s Moon says ‘too early’ for Pyongyang summit Pyeongchang, South Korea, (MILLAT ONLINE):South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Saturday said it was too early to think about a summit with North Korea despite the Olympic-driven rapprochement with its nuclear-armed neighbour. Moon last week received an invitation from the North’s leader Kim Jong Un for […]
-
Tanzania’s opposition accuse police of killing student
Tanzania’s opposition accuse police of killing student Nairobi, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tanzania’s main opposition party Saturday accused police of shooting dead a female university student and seriously injuring at least four other people while trying to disperse a peaceful demonstration in the country’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. The first-year university student, whose name and photo has […]
-
Suicide blasts kill 19 in northeast Nigeria, jihadists blamed
Suicide blasts kill 19 in northeast Nigeria, jihadists blamed Kano, Nigeria, (MILLAT ONLINE):Three suicide bombers killed 19 people at a fish market in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia leaders said on Saturday, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram jihadists. Friday’s deadly attacks came in the week that hundreds of Boko Haram suspects went on trial […]
-
US, Pakistan continue to work closely against terrorists: US Air Force Gen. Harrigian
US, Pakistan continue to work closely against terrorists: US Air Force Gen. Harrigian WASHINGTON, (MILLAT ONLINE):Pakistan and the United States continued to work closely in the fight against terrorism, said US Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian, who is the commander of US Air Force Central Command. He was addressing a Pentagon press briefing through a […]