Israel launches airstrike in Gaza
Jerusalem: The Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip in response to the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian who was working along the border fence. The military gave no immediate details on the target of the airstrike on Tuesday, and there was no word on casualties.
US presidential award for 2 Indo-US scientists
Washington: President Barack Obama has named two Indian-Americans among 102 scientists as recipients of a presidential award — the highest honour bestowed by the US on young science and engineering professionals. The winners will receive the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers at a ceremony here next year.
Mother of slain Iraqi journo forgives killer
Baghdad: The mother of a young Iraqi television presenter who was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul met and forgave her killer, saying he sent her daughter to paradise. Al-Mosuliyah television channel, for which Nawras al-Nuaimi worked before she was gunned down during a robbery near her home on December 15, broadcast a report on her killing and her murderer’s arrest.
Iran house mulls changing country’s capital
Tehran: The Iranian Parliament is considering a proposal to pick another city as the nation’s capital and move the seat of the Government from the overcrowded and heavily polluted Tehran.
‘Terrorist’ group Brotherhood blamed for blast
Cairo: At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday and over a hundred injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a police headquarters, an attack blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood aimed at derailing Egypt’s democratic transition.
China legislators vote to end labour camps
Beijing: China's top legislative committee voted on Tuesday to abolish "re-education through labour" camps introduced more than half a century ago, saying they had served their purpose. The Standing Committee of the rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, also supported the easing of another unpopular decades-old policy — the one-child limit.