Egypt extends state of emergency
Cairo: Egyptian lawmakers extended for three months a state of emergency first declared following deadly April church bombings, state TV reported. Egypt had extended the state of emergency for a second time in October.
Man burns flat in bid to kill giant spider
los Angles: A man may have accidentally set an apartment on fire in California while trying to burn a huge wolf spider with a blowtorch, US media reported. The fire occurred on Sunday in a block of flats in the city of Redding in northern California.
Nepalese Woman dies in ‘menstruation hut’
Kathmandu: A 23-year-old woman in Nepal was found dead at an isolated hut where she was left alone as part of a long-banned ancient Hindu practice that banishes women from the home during menstruation, a media report said.
China denies setting up military base in Pak
Beijing: China denied as “unnecessary” speculation reports that it was planning to build a military base at Jiwani in Pakistan’s Balochistan province close to the strategic Chabahar port, which is being jointly developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan.