Nine killed in Brazil prison riot
Sao Paulo: A riot in an overcrowded prison in northeastern Brazil left nine inmates dead and 20 injured, officials said on Thursday. Maranhao State officials earlier placed the death toll at least 10 and said 30 inmates had been injured in the uprising that broke out Wednesday night. But a statement posted on Thursday on the Government’s website lowered those numbers.
3 Pakistani Taliban commanders killed
Peshawar: At least three militant commanders from the Swat Valley have been killed in a clash between Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, according to a media report on Thursday. Some reports suggested that Mullah Fazlullah, the erstwhile leader of the Taliban in Swat, was among the dead but this was denied by the militants.
Two die of MERS in Saudi capital
Riyadh: Two Saudis have died in Riyadh after they contracted the MERS virus, health authorities announced on Thursday, as the kingdom prepares to host some two million pilgrims for the annual haj. The two men, aged 78 and 55, had also suffered from other chronic diseases., the ministry said on its website. It did not specify when the deaths occurred.