Malaysia police arrest 13 over ISIS links
Kuala lumpur: Thirteen Malaysians, including women, who were allegedly planning to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria have been arrested during a raid here, police announced.
libya army backsex-general against ISIS
Benghazi: libya’s Army threw its weight behind an ex-general who launched a new assault on Wednesday to retake second city Benghazi from Islamist militias who have seized control of large parts of the turmoil-gripped country.
200 Pak lawmakers suspended
Islamabad: Over 200 lawmakers of Pakistan’s Parliament and Provincial Assemblies were on Wednesday temporarily suspended by the Election Commission for failing to submit the annual details of their assets.
Sturgeon to become Scottish new leader
london: Nicola Sturgeon will become the new leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party — and therefore Scotland’s first Minister — as she was the only candidate when nominations closed on Wednesday.
Pistorius ‘blood money’ row deepens
Pretoria: lawyers for Reeva Steenkamp’s family on Wednesday expressed shock that Oscar Pistorius’s defence team revealed details of secret “blood money” payments during a heated courtroom arguments over his sentencing.
US, Iran seek magic formula in n-talks
Vienna: Ensconced for hours in a Vienna hotel room, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart tried on Wednesday to resuscitate troubled talks about limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme.
US pet dubbed world’s tallest cow
Orangeville (US): A 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 metre) cow owned by a US woman was recently dubbed the world’s tallest. Patty Hanson and Blosom the cow smiled for their official Guinness World Records photo shoot on Monday.