Five killed in ferry capsize in Bangladesh
Dhaka: At least five persons, including a minor, were killed on Friday when an overloaded ferry carrying 200 passengers, mostly devotees, capsized in a river in Bangladesh, in the latest maritime tragedy to hit the country.
Pak court rejects lakhvi bail plea
Islamabad: A Pakistani court rejected the bail plea of Zakiur Rehman lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who has been charged with abducting an Afghan national in 2009.
Five dead in first Boko Haram attack in Chad
N’Djamena: Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists on Friday carried out their first attack inside Chad, killing five people in an early morning strike on a village and military camp on the shores of lake Chad, a security source said.
UN envoy: Assad part of solution in Syria
Vienna: Any peaceful solution to the fighting in Syria must involve President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Friday.
ISIS militants take over radio stations in libya
Tripoli: A group of gunmen took control of two radio stations in libya’s western city of Sirte, and aired statements of the ISIS group, residents said.
Nine more journalists in Egypt jails
Cairo: While two jailed Al-Jazeera reporters were freed on Friday pending a retrial, rights groups say at least nine more journalists still languish in Egyptian prisons.
Carter confirmed as new US defence secy
Washington: Ashton Carter, a close confidant of President Barack Obama and a strong proponent of Indo-US strategic ties, has been confirmed by the Senate as the next American defence secretary.