Pakistan claims Indian drone entered airspace
lahore: A suspected Indian drone allegedly entered Pakistani airspace in Sialkot sector on Saturday, officials said. The officials claimed the drone remained in Pakistani airspace for about two minutes. The incident occurred in Sialkot sector, 80 km from lahore, at 2 pm. The drone was flying at a height of 3,500 feet, the officials said.
US issues global travel alert amid Qaeda threat
Washington: The US has issued a global travel alert and ordered its embassies throughout the Muslim world to close down temporarily, amid fears of an al-Qaeda strike, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. It warned that al-Qaeda and its affiliates are planning terrorist attacks that may materialise before the end of August.
‘Diplomat sheikh' Rowhani: Iran's 7th Prez
Tehran: Hassan Rowhani, who officially took over as the Islamic republic's seventh President on Saturday, is a reputed moderate who has vowed to engage with world powers in a bid to lift sanctions. The 64-year-old cleric succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after receiving the formal endorsement of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
landslide win for Mugabe, opposition cries foul
Harare: Zimbabwe's 89-year-old Robert Mugabe romped to victory in presidential and parliamentary polls on Saturday, but his longtime foe Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to boycott the Government formed by the “fraudulent” vote.
IRAQ Violence kills 14: Officials
Baghdad: Gunmen shot dead a woman and her two daughters in Iraq today and a roadside bomb killed a man and his son as nine died in other attacks, officials said.
Eight killed in Karachi violence
Karachi: Five policemen were among eight people killed in violence in Pakistan’s restive financial hub on Saturday. Police in Karachi confirmed that in one drive-by shooting on the Shah Faisal Colony bridge, four policemen were shot dead by unknown assailants.
29 die in torrential rain, floods in Pak
Islamabad/Karachi: At least 29 people were killed and over 50 injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan as torrential downpours inundated the financial hub of Karachi and the country’s northwest on Saturday.
Al-Qaida: Egypt coup shows democracy corrupt
Cairo: Al-Qaida's leader said Egypt's military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through democracy, and urged the Islamist leader's followers to abandon the ballot box in favour of armed resistance.