Egypt court postpones Mubarak murder retrial
Cario: Egypt’s top court began a retrial on Thursday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him, but postponed the hearing after a brief session. The Court of Cassation postponed the retrial to January 21.
anti-aircraft missiles from Russia to Syria
Moscow: Russia has sent anti-aircraft missiles to Syria in order to safeguard its jets involved in airstrikes against militants in the war-battered Arab country, the commander of the Russian Air Force was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Cameron to call Putin, explain Sharm bomb
london: Prime Minister David Cameron said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to explain Britain’s concern about the “strong possibility” that a bomb may have brought down a Russian jet over the Sinai last week. “I’ll be calling President Putin in a moment or two to discuss this with him,” he said, adding that he would “explain to him why we’ve taken the action we’ve taken” by suspending passenger flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh.