12 killed in Yemen army-shia clashes
Sanaa: Twelve people were killed on Saturday in clashes between Yemeni forces and Shia rebels on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, a local official and tribal sources said.
UAE: Body of slain Indian flown home
Dubai: The body of an Indian man who was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian housemaid in Saudi Arabia last month has been flown home. Syed Sajid, a native of Andhra Pradesh, who was working with a Saudi family for two years, was murdered on February 17, by the woman who worked with the same family.
Maldives Polling ends peacefully
Male: Polling ended peacefully in the Maldives parliamentary election despite the arrest of at least six people for minor violations, an official said here Saturday.
Bombings, shooting kill 16 in Iraq
Baghdad: A series of attacks across Iraq killed 16 members of the security forces and civilians, officials said. Separately, a Kurdish officer in the Iraqi President's guard is alleged to have shot dead the head of a local radio station during a quarrel near the leader's east Baghdad residence, police said.
Thai opp leader calls for PM-PDRC talks
Bangkok: Thailand’s Opposition Democrat Party leader on Saturday asked embattled Premier Yingluck Shinawatra and the anti-government protesters to hold talks to reach a common ground for holding elections, as the political impasse continues to plague the country.
Ban condemns terror attacks in Afghan
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned “in the strongest terms” a series of deadly attacks in Afghanistan, including an assault on a hotel in Kabul that killed nine people, including four foreigners.
lawmaker jailed for slandering president
Quito; An Ecuadoran lawmaker has been sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for slandering President Rafael Correa, with the judge issuing a warrant for his arrest.
Pak Govt, TTP finalise venue for talks
Islamabad: The Pakistan Government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), at a meeting on Saturday, decided on a venue to hold the peace talks.
lanka offers bounty for lTTE operative
Colombo: Sri lanka on Saturday offered a million-rupee bounty on information about an lTTE operative who is believed to be acting to revive the defeated militant outfit. Police spokesman and Superintendent Ajith Rohana's office issued a picture of K P Selvanayagam alias Gobi. On the charge of making contact with Gobi, Sri lanka arrested and
later released two frontline human rights activists.