‘Freeze Brotherhood leaders’ assets’
Cairo: An Egyptian court has ordered freezing of assets of 25 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including supremo Mohamed Badie as part of a crackdown on Islamists by the army-backed interim Government. Spokesman Gehad El-Haddad has also been arrested from Cairo.
Malala, Snowden named for Sakharov
Brussels: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
philippines top cop held, Hostages freed
Zamboanga: Dozens of people held hostage by Muslim rebels waging deadly street battles with Philippine troops escaped on Tuesday amid a military offensive, but the guerrillas kidnapped the city's police chief.
Man shoots 4 in Austria: Police
Kollapriel: Austria’s Interior Ministry says four people, including three policemen, have been shot and killed in an ongoing standoff with a gunman.
UN: N Korea won’t cooperate in probe
Geneva: Head of a UN human rights probe says he can’t get answers from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on harrow-ing testimony from victims that alleges survival on vermin, drowning of babies and witnessing loved ones’ execution.
Iran’s Khamenei talks up flexibility
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said flexibility is sometimes necessary in diplomacy, as his negotiators ready for new talks on a controversial nuclear drive.
Violence leaves 24 dead in Iraq
Baghdad: Attacks in Iraq killed at least 24 people on Tuesday, including several civilians who died when five car bombs exploded in the capital.
Pak Taliban still at war with troops
Peshawar: The Pakistani Taliban insisted they are still at war with troops because peace talks have yet to start and attacks continue.