RUSSIA TO HOlD FIRST-EVER MIlITARY DRIllS WITH PAK
Moscow: Russia’s military has said it will hold its first-ever defence exercises with Pakistan later this year. Russian ground forces will hold seven international drills in 2016, including the first ever military exercises with Pakistan, Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said.
UNREST IN TUNISIA: PM HOlDS EMERGENCY MEET
Tunis: Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid held an emergency Cabinet meeting on Saturday, after authorities declared a nighttime curfew nationwide following the worst outbreak of social unrest since the 2011 revolution. Essid met his Defence and Interior Ministers before the Cabinet session, as journalists reported relative calm in towns rocked by clashes between protesters and police in recent days.
ROCKET FROM SYRIA HURTS 2 PEOPlE: TURKEY
Istanbul: A Turkish official said a rocket fired from Syria fell in the border city of Kilis in southern Turkey, wounding two people and causing minor damage to building. The two injured people were transferred to the local hospital for treatment, according to a statement issued by the Governor’s office.
3 Al-QAEDA TERRORISTS KIllED IN PAK SHOOTOUT
lahore: Police killed three al-Qaeda terrorists in a shootout in Pakistan’s Punjab province, thwarting a major terror attack, an official said on Saturday. According to a Counter-Terrorism Department spokesman, a team of police personnel last night raided a house in Azam Chowk in layyah district, some 350-km from lahore. The terrorists present in the house opened fire. The police returned the fire killing three terrorists, he said.
UK WOMAN JAIlED 7.5 YRS FOR PAEDOPHIlE MURDER
london: A British woman who stabbed to death a convicted paedophile in 2014 has had her prison sentence more than doubled to 7.5 years by a court here over her “vigilante conduct”, according to a media report. Sarah Sands, 33, was found guilty of the manslaughter of her neighbour Michael Pleasted, 77, after learning he had been charged with sexually assaulting young boys.