Morsi leaked secrets to Iran: Prosecutors
Cairo: Prosecutors on Sunday accused deposed President Mohamed Morsi of leaking State secrets to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as part of a plot to destabilise Egypt, at the second hearing of his trial for espionage. The trial, one of three that are under way against Morsi, is part of a Government crackdown targeting him and his Muslim Brotherhood movement since his ouster by the army in July.
38 militants killed
in air strikes in Pak
Islamabad/Peshawar: Pakistani combat jets carried out air strikes in the restive northwestern Khyber tribal region on Sunday, killing 38 terrorists, including some ‘important commanders’, days after the Government called off a peace process with the Taliban. The air strikes in Tirah Valley, near the border with Afghanistan, came after talks with the banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan were suspended over the execution of 23 troops by a militant faction.
8 Malaysian students drown in river
Kuala lumpur: Eight schoolchildren drowned in the Muar river in Malaysia’s southern Johor State, police said on Sunday, in what officials described as a “shocking” and rare tragedy.
Hamas to privatise Gaza crossing
Gaza City: The Gaza Strip’s militant Hamas rulers have said they plan to let private contractors take over the running of the Palestinian territory’s border crossings with Egypt and Israel. “The Government is to give the private sector the opportunity to handle the technical management of crossing points from the Gaza
Strip,” Hamas deputy prime minister Ziad al-Zaza told on Saturday and said that a commis-sion of seven businessmen would be dedicated to the project.