Mush to be charged for Bhutto’s murder
Islamabad: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf will be charged with criminal conspiracy and murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on August 6, even as his bail plea in the Akbar Bugti killing case was rejected today.
Egypt’s ousted Morsi ‘well’: EU’s envoy
Cairo: Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi is “well,” EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday after meeting him at an undisclosed location as she tries to broker a political solution.
Israel, Palestine start US-backed peace talks
Washington: With the full backing of the Obama Administration, Israel and Palestine began final status negotiations with their representatives concluding the first round of talks here on Tuesday.
At least 64 killed in Iraq violence
Baghdad: Attacks mainly targeting Shia-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Tuesday, while security forces killed 10 militants, officials said, as the Interior Ministry warned of civil war.
blasts claim 24 lives in Nigeria
Abuja: At least 24 people were feared killed in a series of explosions that rocked a Christian neighbourhood in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, officials said on Tuesday.
Italy’s 1st black min says hurt by racism
Rome : Italy’s first black Cabinet Member Cecile Kyenge on Monday called for an end to racist insults from members of the anti-immigration Northern league party.
NRI charged with wife’s murder
london: An NRI, Manas Kapoor (34), accused of murdering his wife earlier this month, has been charged by British police. He is suspected of strangulating wife Shivani at their Northwood home, earlier this month.
Paralysed man held for blast at Beijing airport
Beijing: Wheelchair-bound Ji Zhongxing (33) was arrested for setting off a home-made bomb at the Beijing airport on July 20 to highlight the brutal beating by security men that paralysed him.