Drone strike kills two Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Aden: A drone strike believed to have been carried out by the United States killed two Al-Qaeda suspects in a jehadi stronghold in southeast Yemen, military sources said.
Pope invited to visit Rome’s main mosque
Vatican City: Representatives of Italy’s Muslim community have invited Pope Francis to visit the main mosque in Rome, just days after Francis paid his respects at the capital’s main synagogue in a sign of interfaith friendship.
Post oil pipeline sabotage, Nigeria shuts 2 refineries
Abuja: Nigeria’s state-run oil firm said it had shut two refineries in the southern city of Port Harcourt and Kaduna in the north because sabotage to crude pipelines.
‘EU has two months to tackle migrant crisis’
Strasbourg: The EU has just two months to tackle its migration crisis before a new spike in numbers this spring, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, whose country holds the bloc’s rotating presidency, said on Wednesday.
Pak flight-tests air launched cruise missile
Islamabad: Pakistan has conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously-developed Air launched Cruise Missile ‘Ra’ad’ with a range of 350 km, enabling it to achieve air-delivered strategic stand-off capability both on land and at sea, the military said.
Nepal to get four aircraft from China
Kathmandu: The Nepalese Government is to receive four Chinese passenger aircraft in accordance with the bilateral agreement between Beijing and Kathmandu, an official said on Wednesday. Nepal has already purchased two aircraft MA60 and Y-12e. The remaining four passenger planes are to be received by the Nepal government soon.