Pakistan and India exchange fire as UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Countries trade blows across line of control in disputed Kashmir as tensions rise after deadly shooting
Pakistan and India exchange fire as UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Countries trade blows across line of control in disputed Kashmir as tensions rise after deadly shooting
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the line of control in disputed Kashmir, officials have said, after the UN urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” after Tuesday’s massacre of Indian tourists by Islamic militants.
Relations have plunged to their lowest level in years, with India accusing Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” after gunmen carried out the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century.
The brief exchange of small-arms fire came as police in Kashmir said they had identified three suspected attackers affiliated with the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba they say were involved in Tuesday’s massacre of Indian tourists and released their sketches, announcing a bounty of 2m rupees (about £17,500) on the three.
Greece says it won't accept refugee returns from Germany
Athens says it won't accept Germany's plan to return refugees who first applied for asylum in Greece. The migration minister says the country administers a disproportionate number of displaced people within the EU.
Immigration and Asylum Minister Makis Voridis on Friday said Greece would not welcome requests from Germany to take back refugees who had already applied for asylum in the Mediterranean country.
Voridis told news channel Skai that such a return is out of the question under the current circumstances, with Greece already hosting the European Union's highest number of refugees per capita after Cyprus.
UN food agency warns food stock in Gaza has run out amid Israeli aid blockade
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that it has run out of food supplies in Gaza as Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid stretches into its eighth week. The UN says the territory is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the war began 18 months ago, with community kitchens expected to shut down in the coming days.
The UN's World Food Programme on Friday warned it has depleted all its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where the entry of humanitarian aid has been blocked by Israel since March 2.
"Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip. These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days", WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in Gaza, said in a statement.
After 18 months of war, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA on Tuesday said the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now.
Iran to sign $4bn oilfields deal with Russia in bid to bolster ties
Iran will sign a $4bn energy agreement with Russian companies, Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has announced, as the two nations seek to bolster ties while trying to cope with punishing Western economic sanctions.
Speaking on state TV earlier on Friday, Paknejad said the deal aims to develop seven Iranian oilfields in cooperation with Russian firms.
Who will win the race to develop a humanoid robot?
It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot.
I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm, Unitree, at the Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade shows.
Standing at about 4'3" (130cm), G1 is smaller and more affordable than other humanoid robots on the market, and has such a highly fluid range of motion and dexterity that videos of it performing dance numbers and martial arts have gone viral.
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