Did India agree to demolish bunkers for Chinese troop withdrawal?

New Delhi: The Indian government may have denied any deal behind the Chinese troops' withdrawal from the Depsang Valley in Ladakh, but reports said New Delhi has agreed to remove bunkers set up by the Indian Army in Chumar near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The concession of demolishing bunkers at Chumar only facilitated the deal that led to the Chinese troops pulling back to their pre-April 15 position, highly placed sources said.

Guantanamo detention camp needs to be closed: Barack Obama

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to make a new push to close the Guantanamao detention camp, saying his administration would re-engage with Congress in an attempt to overcome obstacles to shutting the facility.

"It needs to be closed," Obama told a White House news conference. "I'm going to go back at this." But he offered no new path to removing congressional, political and legal hurdles he faces.

Taliban execute man in public

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Taliban executed an Afghan in the Kari Kot village, about 10km south west of Wana Rustam Bazaar, in South Waziristan.

Mai-u-din, belonging to the Zedran tribe of Afghanistan, was brought handcuffed into an open place near the small bazaar of Kari Kot. The Taliban then fired him from the back and killed him in front of the public. The Taliban confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday.