Off the wire
• 1st Ld-Writethru: Official vaccine investigation begins  • Feature: Bridging waters solidifies China-Bangladesh friendship  • Indonesia sends players to vie in India Open badminton championship  • China's HFMD vaccine in use  • Interview: Russia-China literary exchanges help with mutual understanding  • Chinese premier vows further efforts for clean governance  • China assists Kenya to become regional railway training hub  • Vietnam condemns bomb attack in Pakistan  • Half-bln-dollar contract signed to help train British pilots for combat  • 2nd LD Writethru: Chinese president arrives in Czech Republic for state visit  
You are here: 　 Home

Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 28

Xinhua, March 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least eight people were killed and five others injured after a truck collided head-on with a minibus in Ukraine's central Poltava region, authorities said Monday.

The accident occurred at 5:25 p.m. local time (1525 GMT) Sunday when the passenger bus, en route from the eastern city of Lugansk to Kiev, collided with the truck, said the State Service for Emergencies.(Ukraine-Accident)

- - - -

LAGOS -- Nigerian troops has killed 25 suspected Boko Haram fighters during an operation in Iza area of northeast Borno State, an officer said Monday.

Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army Colonel Sani Usman made the announcement in a statement reaching Xinhua, saying the troops also cleared remnants of Boko Haram terrorists from three villages in Iza general area and recovered some weapons.(Nigeria-Boko Haram)

- - - -

LISBON -- Three people were killed and 278 injured in road accidents during the Easter holidays in Portugal, Portuguese media reported on Monday.

A total of 256 people were slightly injured and 22 people severely injured in around 800 road accidents from March 24 to March 27, Lusa News Agency quoted police as saying.(Portugal-Easter-Accident)

- - - -

MOGADISHU -- At least 115 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed and 110 others arrested in four days of heavy fighting with security forces of Galmudug State of central Somalia, the president said on Monday.

President of Galmudug State of Somalia Abdikarim Hussein Guled said the intense fighting ended on Sunday after some of the remaining terrorists fled into the rural areas of Galmudug.(Somalia-Al Shabaab) Endi