Nobel laureate not allowed into Egypt
Cairo: Egyptian authorities on Sunday banned Yemeni rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman from entering the country for “security reasons,” airport officials said.
Judge among eight killed in Iraq
Baghdad: Attacks on Sunday in Iraq killed eight people, including three soldiers and a judge, officials said, as authorities struggle to contain the worst violence to hit the country in five years.
South Korea losing patience over talks
Seoul: South Korea on Sunday warned the North it was “reaching the limit” of its patience over stalled talks to revive a joint industrial complex once seen as a rare symbol of cooperation between the rivals. Six rounds of cross-border meetings aimed at restarting the venture, a key source of hard currency for the North Korea’s communist regime, produced little progress as each side squabbled over who would take responsibility for the shutdown.
Man held for $1.4m Chopard jewel theft
Marseille: A suspect in the theft of jewellery worth 1.4 million dollars (one million euros) during this year’s Cannes Film Festival was arrested in June during a robbery on a Spanish island, sources confirming French newspaper reports said on Sunday.
NASA Curiosity rover nears year on Mars
Washington: NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main goal of revealing that ancient Red planet could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding designs for future missions.