News in Brief

India to give Rs 5,000 cr aid for Bhutan
Pti, New Delhi
India on Saturday reiterated its commitment to Bhutan's socio-economic development as it announced an assistance package of Rs 4,500 crore for the neighbouring country's 11th Five Year Plan.
In addition, India will also contribute Rs 500 crore to a special Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) devised by Thimphu to facilitate loans for private sector from banks and enhance youth employment.

Yemen PM escapes assassination bid
Afp, Sanaa

 
Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Basindawa escaped unharmed as gunmen opened fire on his convoy in the capital on Saturday, a security source said.
Basindawa was travelling in an armoured car when the gunmen in a four-wheel drive opened fire before fleeing, the security source said.

'Boko Haram attacks' kill 38
Afp, Nigeria
At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, and another 34 are missing, local officials said Saturday.
At least 24 members of a vigilante group were killed in a separate attack in a forest in the same state, said another local official who asked not to be named.
The attackers were wearing military uniforms and the vigilantes followed them into the forest, believing them to be government soldiers.

Strike hits Cambodia war crimes court
Afp, Phnom Penh
Some 100 staff at Cambodia's war crimes court for former Khmer Rouge leaders went on strike over unpaid wages on Sunday in a fresh blow to the UN-backed body.
The tribunal's 250 Cambodian workers, including judges and prosecutors, have not been paid since June, amid cash shortages and delays that caused United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to appeal for international donors to step in.