Saudi denies chopping off Indian maid's hand
Riyadh: The Saudi Arabian employer, accused of chopping off the hand of an Indian domestic help, has claimed that the woman had to get her hand amputated in hospital after she damaged it badly while allegedly jumping from the third floor of his house here.
Gold artefacts stolen from Gurdwara in UK
london: A Gurdwara in the south of England was ransacked and damaged after robbers broke in and stole cash over £2,500 from a safe as well as some valuable gold artefacts, according to a local media report. The incident at Gurdwara Sahib on Spencers Road in Crawley, West Sussex, occurred late last month and investigations continue, Daily Sikh Updates reported.
Iraqi Kurdish protests urge regional prez to quit
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq): Thousands of people took to the streets of several towns in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Saturday, urging its long-time president Massud Barzani to step down. Scuffles broke out in Sulaimaniyah, a bastion of opposition to Barzani and his party, a day after two people were killed in a protest in another southern Kurdish town.
Thousands demonstrate against EU-US trade deal
Berlin: Hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in the German capital against the massive free-trade accord being negotiated by the European Union and the United States. Responding to a call by a group of political parties, trade unions and environmental and anti-globalisation groups, the demonstrators gathered at Berlin’s main train station for a march through the city.
lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram kill 37
N'Djamen: Three explosions blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed 37 people on Saturday in a Chadian city on the shores of lake Chad, security sources said. Another 52 people were reportedly wounded in the attacks that struck at around 4:00 pm (1500 GMT), one targeting the fish market at Baga Sola and the other two occurring at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the city.
3 killed, 7 missing in coal mine explosion in China
Beijing: At least three mine workers have been killed and seven others remain trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in eastern China's Jiangxi Province. The provincial coal mine safety supervision department said last night's accident, in Yongji Coal Mine in Shangrao County caused a section of the shaft to collapse.
Indian-origin woman found murdered in UK
london: A 44-year-old Indian-origin woman in the UK was found dead in her london home, prompting the Scotland Yard to launch a manhunt for a male suspect who is believed to have met the victim online.
Egypt signs deal for two French warships
Cairo: Egypt signed a contract Saturday to buy two Mistral warships, whose sale to Russia Paris cancelled because of the Ukraine crisis, a delegation member with the visiting French Prime Minister said.
UN wants peacekeeping drones in South Sudan
United Nations: The UN Security Council is urging the use of unarmed drones in the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, but the Government there says that could cause ‘disagreement and hostility’ as a peace deal tries to take hold.