N Korea blames US for aborting envoy’s trip
Seoul: North Korea said it rescinded its recent invitation to a US envoy because Washington perpetrated a “grave provocation” by allegedly mobilising nuclear-capable bombers during recent military drills with Seoul.
over 800 killed in Iraq in Aug alone: UN
Baghdad: The UN mission in Iraq says over 800 people have died in violence throughout August down somewhat from the month before, but still one of the highest monthly tolls in recent years.
Roadside bomb kills 9 Pakistani soldiers
Peshawar: At least nine
soldiers were killed and nine others injured when a bomb struck a military convey in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region
on Sunday.
Bo named former top leaders in trial
Beijing: China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai mentioned the names of former President
Hu Jintao and ex-security czar Zhou Yongkang during his
trial over graft charges but the references were omitted
from the transcript released
by court, a media report said
on Sunday
Egypt destroys homes for ‘Gaza’ buffer zone
Cairo: Egypt's military has bulldozed 13 homes along
the Gaza Strip border and
caved in tunnels beneath them as a prelude to the possible creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and illegal militant crossings, angering residents who said they were evicted with no compensation, security officials and residents said Sunday.