Saudi women plan to defy driving ban again
Riyadh: Saudi women activists have called for a new day of defiance next month of the longstanding ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom. An online petition entitled “Oct 26th, driving for women” had on Sunday gathered more than 5,800 signatories, as activists try again to push authorities to end the unique ban.
‘Indian Muslims were kingmakers in Malacca’
Singapore: Indian Muslims had played a significant role as traders, merchants and businessmen in the history and development of Malaya and Singapore more than a century ago, according to a study on Indian migration.
Death toll in Nigeria attack up to at least 142
Maiduguri: The death toll from an attack in northeastern Nigeria that saw insurgents dressed as soldiers set up checkpoints and gunned down travellers on a highway has risen to at least 142, an official said on Sunday.
Mexico Prez: 68 missing in landslide feared dead
Acapulco (Mexico): There is “almost no hope” of finding alive the 68 people missing after a landslide buried a southern Mexican village after two devastating storms, President Enrique Pena Nieto said.
Dewani lawyers want trial in Britain
london: lawyers for British-Indian businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of the honeymoon murder of his Indo-Swedish wife, are planning a new approach to avoid trial in South Africa. The 33-year-old Bristol-based millionaire has been fighting against being extradited to the country in relation to the murder in November 2010.
US drone strike kills 6 militants in Pakistan
Peshawar: At least six militants were killed and four others injured in a US drone strike on two rebel compounds in northwest Pakistan’s restive tribal region on Sunday, security officials said.
Chinese tycoon to build world’s biggest film studio
Beijing: The world’s biggest film studio is being built in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao as part of a multi-billion-dollar project at a cost of USD 5 billion by a company owned by China’s richest man. Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group unveiled plans for the mega project at an inaugural launch ceremony in Qingdao on Sunday attended by Hollywood movie stars Nicole Kidman, leonardo DiCaprio and John Travolta.