BOMBER STRIKES NEAR US CONSUlATE IN SAUDI
Riyadh: A foreign suicide bomber blew himself up near the American consulate in Saudi Arabia’s western city of Jeddah in the early hours of US Independence Day on Monday. Two security officers were slightly wounded, the Interior Ministry said.
ENSURE INDIA-NEPAl TIES REMAIN FREE FROM ‘HICCUPS’: NEPAl FM
Kathmandu: The first meeting of the Nepal-India Eminent Persons Group, which is to review key bilateral pacts, including the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950, began on Monday with the Nepalese Foreign Minister asking the group to ensure that Indo-Nepal ties remain free from “hiccups”. The two-day meeting was followed by a close-door discussion by its eight members — four members each from Nepal and India.
ISlAMABAD MAY GET FIRST HINDU TEMPlE
Islamabad: Stunned to learn that Islamabad had no Hindu shrine, a parliamentary panel on Monday directed the Government to build a temple and a crematorium for Hindus in the capital.
NETANYAHU STARTS lANDMARK AFRICA TRIP
Entebbe (Uganda): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Uganda on Monday for a rare four-day tour of sub-Saharan Africa, seeking new trade partners and marking the 40th anniversary of a hostage rescue in which his brother died.
WOMAN WINS RIGHT TO WEAR HEADSCARF AT WORK
Berlin: A 25-year-old Muslim lawyer in Germany has won the right to wear a headscarf at work after a court ruled that there was no legal basis for Bavaria to prevent her from doing so.
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND FROM EGYPTAIR CRASH SITE
Cairo: All known remains of victims of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May have been recovered and will be handed over to forensic experts, investigators trying to solve the mystery of the accident said.
NATO CHIEF: AWACS WIll AID ANTI-ISIS OPS
Brussels: NATO’s chief on Monday said alliance leaders this week will approve the use of NATO AWACS aircraft to assist the US-led coalition fighting the ISIS extremist group. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he expects the alliance summit in Warsaw also to agree on a new role for NATO in the Central Mediterranean, where the EU has deployed ships to halt human-trafficking.