3 Al-Jazeera journos held for flying drone
Paris: Three journalists for TV station Al-Jazeera were arrested here on Thursday after flying a drone from a park on the edge of the city, a judicial source said. “The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching,” said source.
Tunisia to get 8 Black Hawks against jehadis
Tunis: Tunisia will take delivery of eight Black Hawk attack helicopters from the United States this year to help it in the fight against Al-Qaeda-linked jehadists, an official said. The aircraft would arrive in the second half of 2015, the Defence Ministry spokesman informed.
‘Reuters Pak chief had 3 marks ON NECK’
Islamabad: Reuters’ Pakistan bureau chief Maria Golovnina, who was found dead on Monday here, had three marks on her neck and had died due to blockage in her respiratory tract, initial autopsy report said.
10 held for refusing polio vaccination in Pak
Islamabad: Ten people have been arrested and another 160 booked for refusing to vaccinate their children during the anti-polio campaign in NW Pakistan.
Singapore’s first PM on life support
Singapore: Singapore’s first prime minister lee Kuan Yew remains on life support in an intensive care unit at a hospital here, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday.
Washington legalises pot
Washington: Marijuana is about to become legal in Washington, but the idea of smoking pot in the shadow of the Capitol has some lawmakers fuming.