‘Halting army aid to Egypt reports false’
Washington: The United States has refuted reports that it is halting all its military assistance to Egypt. “The reports that we are halting all military assistance to Egypt are false,” the National Security Council spokesperson, Caitlin Hayden, said on Tuesday.
400 punished for for ‘jehad’ in China
Beijing: Nearly 400 people in China’s volatile Xinjiang region, home to Uygur Muslims, have been punished for allegedly spreading jehad and rumours online, officials said on Wednesday as the country stepped up efforts to curb militancy.
Indian mother, child plunge to death in Dubai
Dubai: In a tragic incident, an Indian woman in her late 20s and her child fell to their death from the 11th floor of a high-rise building here.
Saudi cleric gets 8 yrs prison for killing girl
Riyadh: An official Saudi news website says a prominent Muslim preacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes for raping and beating his 5-year-old daughter to death.
B’desh BNP leader gets life sentence
Dhaka: A special Bangladeshi tribunal on Wednesday sentenced Opposition BNP’s 83-year-old leader Abdul Alim to jail until death for committing large-scale killings and other war crimes during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
India, Oman to sign flight safety pact
Dubai: Oman and India are set to ink a flight safety agreement, following which the Air forces of both the countries will exchange information on flight safety.
craft zips by Earth en route to Jupiter
los Angeles: A NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter will swing by Earth to get the boost it needs to arrive at the giant gas planet in 2016. Using Earth as a gravitational slingshot is a common trick since there isn’t a rocket that’s powerful enough to catapult a spacecraft directly to the outer solar system.
Indian mother and child plunge to death in Dubai
Dubai, Oct 9 (PTI) In a tragic incident, an Indian woman in her
late 20s and her child fell to their death from the 11th floor of
a high-rise building here and police have taken into custody the husband.
Chief of Dubai Police's Command and Control Centre, Brigadier
Omar Al Shamsi said the incident at Manhattan Tower happened yesterday morning.
Suu Kyi to claim EU Sakharov prize 23 years after award
Strasbourg (France), Oct 9 (AFP) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is to finally receive the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990 axxgui(Central African Republic), Oct 8 (AP) Clashes between armed civilians and the rebels who now control Central African Republic have left at least 23 people dead in a remote village in the country’s
northwest, a top military official said today.
Italy holds suspected ship captain; death toll 275
lampedusa (Italy), Oct 8 (AP) Italy today detained a 35-year-old Tunisian man suspected of being the captain of a boat carrying African migrants that sank off the tiny island of lampedusa. Divers, meanwhile, recovered dozens of additional bodies from the wreckage, raising the death toll to 275.
Police arrest 8 in international Silk Road busts
london, Oct 8 (AP) Authorities in Britain, Sweden, and the United States have arrested eight more people following last week’s closure of Silk Road, a notorious black market website which helped dealers to sell drugs under the cloak of anonymity, officials and media said today.
Archaeologists in Bolivia find 1,500-year-old treasures
la Paz, Oct 9 (AFP) Gold and silver pieces as well as bones and pottery from 1,500 years ago were discovered in lake Titicaca by underwater archaeologists, a researcher has said.
Terrorism to continue for some time: Obama
Washington, Oct 9 (PTI) Days after America flexed its military muscles in two African countries -- libya and Somalia -- against terrorists, US President Barack Obama has said that the risk of terrorism is going to continue for some time, even as top al Qaeda leadership has been decimated in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
UN chief calls for peaceful presidential polls in Maldives
United Nations, Oct 9 (PTI) In the wake of the Maldivian Supreme Court annulling results of the first phase of presidential polls, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Male to ensure an inclusive and credible process for a fresh vote scheduled to be held again later this month.
‘Apocalyptic’ comet struck Earth 28 million years ago
Johannesburg, Oct 9 (PTI) Scientists have found the first-ever comet material on Earth - a black pebble filled with diamonds - left behind when an ‘apocalyptic’ comet exploded over modern-day Egypt, 28 million years ago.
Kerry presses China, neighbours on maritime issues
Bandar Seri Bagawan (Brunei), Oct 9 (AP) US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Brunei for meetings with top officials from China and its smaller Southeast Asian neighbours, in which he will urge all countries to cool tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Iraq bombing kills eight: officials
Baghdad, Oct 9 (AFP) A roadside bomb exploded near a truck carrying workers in Iraq today, killing eight people, a police officer and a hospital employee said.
Ancient rock turns out to be head of Roman emperor statue
london, Oct 9 (PTI) A centuries-old stone object unearthed in a flowerbed in UK, some 200 years ago, is actually the head of a statue of Roman emperor Trajan, dating back to AD 122, scientists have found. little had been known about the stone object called the Bosham Head a 170 kg, twice life-size stone head.
Glasgow University to honour Kamlesh Sharma
london, Oct 9 (PTI) Kamlesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth and former Indian diplomat, will be presented with an honorary degree by the University of Glasgow in recognition of his work within the 53-member grouping for bringing the 2015 Commonwealth Games to the city.
Mandela grandson accused of pointing gun at a driver
Johannesburg, Oct 9 (AFP) South African police are investigating Nelson Mandela’s grandson for allegedly pointing a gun at a driver in a road rage spat, a spokesman said today.
Dutchman accused of abusing 300 girls on Internet
The Hague, Oct 9 (AFP) Dutch police are investigating a 48-year-old man who allegedly persuaded hundreds of girls as young as 10 to perform sex acts in front of their webcams and even at his home.