
WICB will only have dialogue with WIPA
Kingston: In what seems to be a jolt to the Caribbean players, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has made it clear that it will have a dialogue with only the national players association (WIPA) to solve the ongoing pay dispute. WICB president Dave Cameron made it clear through a letter to the... read more »

3 Japanese female ministers visit notorious Yasukuni Shrine
TOKYO – Three Japanese female ministers on Saturday paid visits to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival. The visits by the ministers, namely Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Eriko Yamatani and Haruko... read more »

South Korean official dies after concert disaster
Seoul: An official dealing with safety measures at a concert in South Korea where 16 people died when the grate they were standing on collapsed, apparently died by suicide hours after the tragedy, authorities say. The death of the 37-year-old local government official, surnamed Oh, was announced on... read more »

26 die in Iraq triple bomb attacks
Baghdad: At least 26 people were killed and 96 injured Saturday in three car bomb attacks in Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. A car bomb went off in eastern Baghdad, killing 14 people and wounding 50, a police official told Xinhua. The second car bomb exploded in northern Baghdad`s Suleikh area about... read more »