Bomb kills intelligence officer in Yemen
Sanaa: Yemeni security officials say a bomb attached to a car has killed a senior intelligence officer in the capital. The officials said the device placed on the colonel’s car seriously wounded his driver and two passers-by.
Tunisia arrests suspect in politician’s killing
Tunis: Tunisia’s Government says the suspect in the July 25 assassination of an opposition politician is among four men arrested in an overnight counterterrorism raid.
Police: Two shot dead in Russian church
Moscow: Two worshippers were killed and six injured when a man opened fire during a prayer service in a cathedral on Russia’s Far East island of Sakhalin, police said.
pro-nuclear candidate wins Tokyo guv vote
Tokyo: The establishment candidate backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe romped home in Sunday’s election for Governor of Tokyo in a result which analysts said would boost the premier’s pro-nuclear agenda.
70,000 rally in Kiev in fresh show of force
Kiev: An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev vowing never to give up their drive to oust President Viktor Yanukovych for his alliance with old master Russia. The crowd received a religious blessing before opposition leaders took to a podium on Independence Square.
oz wildfires raze homes, hurt firefighter
Melbourne: Scores of wildfires raging across southeast Australia in dry and windy summer conditions today destroyed homes and injured a firefighter, authorities said.