Car bombs in central Iraq kill 22
Baghdad: Militants detonated explosives-laden cars around two busy markets in central Iraq on Monday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a wave of violence ravaging the country. Monday's deadliest attack occurred in Diyala province when three parked car bombs exploded virtually simultaneously around a vegetable market.
Islamists jailed for plotting attack
london: Six Islamic extremists were handed lengthy jail terms in Britain on Monday for plotting a murderous attack on a far-right group. They planned to attack a rally by the English Defence league (EDl) — a group which opposes the spread of radical Islam in Britain — in June last year but turned up after the demonstration had ended.
Army chief for military aid to Nepal
Kathmandu: India on Monday assured Nepal that it would provide necessary military equipment to the Nepalese army for securing the forthcoming Constituent Assembly polls. Army chief Gen Bikram Singh, on an official visit to Nepal, gave this assurance to his Nepalese counterpart Gen Gaurav Shumsher Rana, during bilateral talks here on Monday.
bomb damages van en route to Syria Beirut:
A roadside bomb lightly damaged a van that was heading from lebanon to Syria Monday, lebanese security officials said, as rebels and Government forces fought in Syria's northern province of Aleppo.
TurkeyPM warns protesters
Istanbul: Turkish protesters refused to back down today after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned they would ‘pay a price’ for their unrelenting demonstrations against his Islamic-rooted government's decade-long rule.
Indian-origin student missing in Oz
Melbourne: Prabhdeep Srawn, a 25-year-old Canadian-Indian student, went missing in a national park in Australia nearly a month ago, prompting his family to announce a reward money to AusD 100,000 for any tip-off.
Death toll rises to 40 in lanka storm
COlOMBO: Sri lanka has said that the death toll from a heavy storm over the weekend has risen to 40 people, while 30 others are missing and 29 people were hurt in the storm.
Al-Qaida leader scraps merger
Beirut: Al-Qaida's leader has reportedly annulled a merger between the Syrian and the Iraqi branches of the terror network, just two months after they joined forces. The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV says Ayman al-Zawahri urged leaders of Iraq's affiliate and the Nusra Front in Syria to end disagreements.
Mubarak's retrial adjourned Cairo: An Egyptian criminal court on Monday adjourned the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak until July 6. The court also ordered the release of Mubarak's two sons Alaa and Gamal.