B’desh: Jamaat leader sentenced to death
Dhaka: A top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party was sentenced to death on Wednesday by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for crimes against humanity during the independence war against Pakistan in 1971, triggering violence.
Suicide car bomber kills 6 Iraqi soldiers
Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has killed six troops and Shia militiamen in a flashpoint area north of Baghdad that has seen much fighting with Islamic State militants.
‘Syria regime ready for Aleppo ceasefire’
Beirut: The UN’s Syria envoy said Damascus is willing to facilitate a humanitarian ceasefire by halting fire on Aleppo, where regime troops are engaged in a new offensive to encircle embattled rebels.
18 killed in airstrikes by Egyptian army
Cairo: At least 18 militants were killed and 12 others injured on Wednesday in airstrikes carried out by the Egyptian Army in the country’s restive North Sinai governorate. Five of the deceased militants were top leaders of Ansar Beit el-Maqdis, Sinai-based militant group which recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, security sources said.
Airstrike on Niger village kills up to 30
Niamey: As many as 30 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed when an unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near the Nigerian border, local officials said on Wednesday.