PM Sharif asks Taliban to join peace talks
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday asked the Pakistani Taliban to join peace talks with his Government and “become part of the political process,” he said in an interview with a TV channel in london
Kuwaitemir: change ‘old concepts’
Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah called on Tuesday for comprehensive reforms in the oil-rich Gulf State, saying it was time to change old concepts.
Five nabbed over Westgate massacre
Nairobi: Kenyan police are holding five people over last month’s attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall, a top officer said
on Tuesday, adding they hoped to charge them soon.
Italy: 17 arrested on mafia informant tips
Rome: Italian police on Tuesday arrested 17 suspected gangsters thanks to information on brutal gang wars that a mafia informant had provided before being murdered.
Bangla opp strike enters final day
Dhaka: At least one person was killed and nearly 50 injured as fresh violence erupted across Bangladesh on the final day of a 60-hour nationwide strike called by the Opposition to force the Government to restore the caretaker regime system.
UN confirms polio outbreak in Syria
Geneva: The UN health agency on on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of polio in war-torn Syria, which had been free of the crippling disease since 1999, and said it may spread.
Maldivian MPs sack attorney general
Colombo: The Maldivian parliament on Tuesday sacked the country's attorney general, who had supported the Supreme Court's annulling of presidential elections that were won by the Opposition leader.