B’desh court indicts 4 suspected ISIS men
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court has indicted a suspected ‘coordinator’ of the local branch of ISIS terror group and three other of its members, a media report said on Tuesday. Those indicted under the Anti-Terrorism Act are ISIS ‘coordinator’ Shakhawatul Kabir, and three suspected members Anowar Hossain Baten, Rabiul Islam and Nazrul Islam.
Fire kills 18 migrants at Algeria camp
Algiers: A fire has killed 18 African migrants and injured another 43 at a camp in Algeria, emergency services said on Tuesday. The blaze broke out during the night at the camp at Ouargla, 800 km from Algiers.
Zardari acquitted in corruption case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former President Asif Ali Zardari was on Tuesday acquitted in a corruption case dating back to the 1990s when his slain wife Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister. Known as SGS-Cotecna reference case, it was related to the awarding of pre-shipment contracts to a Swiss company in which Zardari had allegedly received kickbacks during Bhutto’s term as Prime Minister.
4 die in copter crash in Texas: reports
Washington: A helicopter has crashed at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, killing all four crew members on board, US media reported on Tuesday. The accident happened after 5:49 pm on Monday and emergency crews carried out an exhaustive search before locating the wreckage, NBC news reported.
At least Six dead in libya bomb attack
Khoms (libya): At least six civilians were killed and 14 wounded in a bomb attack on a libyan security checkpoint on Tuesday near Khoms, east of the capital, a security official said.