Egypt army says 20 jihadists killed in op
Cairo: Egypt's Army said on Wednesday it has killed 20 jihadists in the latest round of military operations in the Western Desert and Sinai Peninsula. The military launched a sweeping operation in February focused on Sinai in eastern Egypt aimed at wiping out terrorists, including from the Islamic State group, who have been waging a bloody insurgency.
Britain plans own satellite system
london: Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK Government announced on Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit.
Cargo ship sinks in China, 7 die
Beijing: Seven persons have died after a cargo ship sank in the Beijiang River in the south China's Guangdong province, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Corruption trial of Kenyan judge suspended
Nairobi: The corruption trial of Kenya's deputy chief justice, the country's second-highest judge, was suspended on Wednesday amid a barrage of legal petitions at various courts. Philomena Mwilu, one of seven members of the Supreme Court, was arrested on Tuesday after Kenya's director of public prosecutions, Noordin Haji, accused her of abusing her office.