Syrian forces recapture key town
Damascus: Syrian troops on Sunday re-captured the strategic town of Yabroud, north of the capital Damascus, reports said.
Serbia votes in snap polls amid economic gloom
Belgrade: Serbians voted in snap polls on Sunday, with the ruling centre-right SNS party tipped to cement its grip on power on promises of economic reforms that would help lead the Balkan country into the EU.
China: Tibetan monk sets himself on fire
Beijing: A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire on Sunday in China’s northwest Qinghai province which has witnessed a spate of self-immolation incidents in the recent past.
Seven killed in Baghdad bombings
Baghdad: At least seven people were killed and 32 others wounded in four bomb attacks in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
Afghan poll field down to nine
Kabul: Former Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak withdrew from the Afghan presidential election on Sunday in the latest sign of deal-making in the race to lead the country as NATO troops prepare to exit.
UK on verge of jail overcrowding crisis
london: Britain is on the verge of its worst prison overcrowding crisis since 2008, a report said. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has quietly sanctioned emergency measures, after it emerged that there were only 265 free spaces left out of an 85,800 capacity across England and Wales prison estate.
Paris pushes half the cars off roads
Paris: In a bid to reduce the health-threatening cloud of polluted air which has settled on northern France, half of the diesel and petrol cars will be banned from roads on Monday.