Former Romanian PM sentenced to jail
Bucharest: Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced to four years in jail for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to appoint a businesswoman to a senior Govt post. Nastase was found guilty of receiving bribes totalling US $858,000 from construction entrepreneur Irina Jianu in exchange for appointing her to head the public works department.
12 killed in blasts in NW Pakistan
Peshawar: Twelve people, including three children and a 14-year-old student, were killed and a dozen others injured in blasts and a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Monday. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Angela Merkel injured in ski fall
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered a pelvis injury during a skiing holiday in Switzerland, putting her on the sidelines for the next three weeks.
China destroys six tonnes of illegal ivory
Beijing: The Chinese Government on Monday destroyed 6.1 tonnes of confiscated ivory, in a first of its kind move in the country, to show its resolve against illegal wildlife trafficking.
‘Jihadists kill 50 Syria rebels in new front’
Beirut: Jihadists killed at least 50 rival rebels in a new front in Syria’s brutal war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing insurgents.
Nepal gives voters right to reject candidates
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Supreme Court has given voters the right to cast negative votes during the parliamentary or local elections. The ballot papers in elections will now have a separate option “none of the above” to allow voters to cast negative votes.
‘Jihad Jane’ faces life term for terror plot
Philadelphia: A woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” and helped suspected terrorists overseas faces the possibility of life in prison at her sentencing this week in the US.