One dead after fresh Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, says police

OAKKAN, Myanmar: One person was killed and nine injured after mobs attacked mosques and burned homes in central Myanmar, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest religious unrest to erupt in the nation.

Riots sparked on Tuesday in the small town of Oakkan, around 100 km north of Yangon after a woman accidentally knocked into a young monk, authorities said, amid acute Buddhist-Muslim tensions following a series of attacks in March.

"A man died in hospital of his injuries this morning," a police official told AFP.

Death anniversary of Urdu fiction writer A. Hameed

The 2nd death anniversary of well known Urdu fiction writer A.Hameed is being observed today (Monday‚ April 29).

Abdul Hameed‚ known as A Hameed‚ was born in 1928 in Amritsar (British India).

He passed his secondary education in Amritsar‚ passed intermediate in Pakistan as a private candidate and join Radio Pakistan as an assistant script editor. After working some years for Radio Pakistan‚ he joined Voice of America.

Manchester United secure 20th league title beating Aston Villa 3-0

Manchester: Manchester United won their 20th league title on Monday when a Robin van Persie hat-trick led them to 3-0 victory over Aston Villa and gave them an unassailable 16-point lead over last season's Premier League champions Manchester City.

Van Persie's goals after two, 13 and 33 minutes - the second among the best scored at Old Trafford - propelled Alex Ferguson's side to victory in front of a jubilant home crowd.

US asked Erdogan to delay Gaza trip: Kerry

The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said today he told Turkey’s prime minister during a meeting in Istanbul to delay his planned visit to Gaza to because of the “critical timing,” but added that it was Erdogan’s decision to make or postpone the visit.

“We have expressed to [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] that we really think that [the visit] would be better delayed and shouldn’t take place at this point for many different reasons. Of course the prime minister will make his own decision on that,” Kerry told reporters in Istanbul, adding that the issue would be further discussed during Erdogan’s upcoming trip to Washington.

Erdogan had been expected to visit Gaza this month but postponed it until he travels to Washington to meet U.S. President Barack Obama on May 16.

US condemns ‘terrorist’ attack on Assad’s troops

WASHINGTON: The United States Monday condemned what it called a “terrorist” assault on Syrian regime forces who came under fire after crossing into Iraq last week in an attack claimed by an Al Qaeda group.

“Any kind of attack like this, any kind of terrorism like this is something that we should condemn,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.