Egypt court overturns poll ban on officials
Cairo: An Egyptian court overturned a previous verdict banning senior members of former President Hosni Mubarak’s party from running for parliamentary elections, media reported. A court ruling banned leaders of Mubarak’s now defunct National Democratic Party from running for the presidential and parliamentary elections, Xinhua reported citing State-run Ahram newspaper.
Sudan’s Bashir: 163 troops ‘martyred’
Khartoum: Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, giving a rare battlefield toll, says 163 members of the controversial Rapid Support Forces have been killed in Darfur and South Kordofan.
Man handed down death sentence in Pak
lahore: A 35-year-old man was today sentenced to death under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law, in the latest case highlighting religious intolerance in the country. lahore’s additional session’s court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,00,000 on him in a case filed in 2008.
Nobel-winning author Nadine Gordimer dies
Johannesburg: Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer died at the age of 90 in South Africa. Gordimer, who won the literature prize in 1991, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Johannesburg on Sunday. Gordimer wrote 15 novels and several short stories.
Palestinian shot in West Bank clashes
Ramallah: A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli Army in a clash near the southern West Bank city of Hebron early on Monday, his family said. Relatives identified him as Munir Ahmed Badarin.