Tunisia Islamists make no presidential endorsement
Tunisia: Tunisia’s influential Islamist party announced on Saturday that it will not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential elections set for November 23. The backing of the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, which is not running a candidate of its own, was eagerly awaited and would have been a major deciding factor in the election.
Court summons Mush over cleric’s murder case
Islamabad: A court in Pakistan on Saturday summoned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on December 6 in connection with the murder case of lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, dismissing security threats to him.
Qaeda says tried to kill US ambassador to Yemen
Sanaa: Al-Qaeda on Saturday said it had tried to assassinate the US ambassador to Yemen with two bombs discovered minutes before they were due to explode, according to a monitoring group.
Teen hurt in Washington school shooting dies
Seattle: Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington State high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.
34 ISIS militants killed in Iraq airstrikes
Baghdad: At least 34 fighters of Islamic State died Saturday in 13 airstrikes by US-led coalition forces against the Sunni radical group’s positions in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
UN accuses Sl of sabotaging war crimes probe
United Nations: The UN rights chief has accused Sri lanka of sabotaging a UN-mandated probe into the country’s nearly three decades-long brutal civil war, drawing a sharp reaction from Colombo as it dismissed the charges.
MH17 victims may never be fully recovered
Kharkiv: The last remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 might never be fully recovered, the Dutch Foreign Minister said on Saturday, as five more coffins were flown out of Ukraine.
Suspects admit killing over 40 missing students
Mexico City: Suspected gang members in Mexico confessed to killing more than 40 missing students and incinerating their remains in a case that shocked the country, the attorney general has said.
Iran nuke deal failure ‘danger to world’
Tehran: A failure by Iran and world powers to reach a comprehensive agreement over Tehran’s nuclear programme would be dangerous “for the entire world”, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Saturday.
Russia: US welcome to mediate Ukraine crisis
Moscow: Russia’s top diplomat Sergei lavrov said that US involvement in resolving the conflict in Ukraine would be a “step in the right direction”, after meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry in Beijing.