Gunmen kill 13 in Nigeria village attack
lagos: Gunmen have killed 13 people in an attack on a farming community in central Nigeria in the latest deadly violence to rip through the region, police said
on Monday.
Saudi beheads man for murder
Riyadh: A Saudi man convicted of shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute was beheaded by the sword, the Interior Ministry said.
‘Qaeda attack’ kills 20 Yemen soldiers
Aden: Gunmen in Yemen killed 20 soldiers at a checkpoint in Hadramawt province, the official Saba news agency said of the latest in a wave of attacks blamed on Qaeda.
Islamist group calls for Hollande assassination
Washington: A jihadist group repeated its calls for French President Francois Hollande’s assassination in revenge for the European nation’s recent interventions in Africa, terrorist monitoring group SITE has said.
Up to 108 missing after US mudslide
los Angeles: A total of 108 people have been reported missing or unaccounted for after a landslide in the northwestern US state of Washington, a local emergency official said on Monday.
Everest was born after India collided with Asia
london: Mount Everest — the world’s highest mountain — may have been born as Asia was squeezed like a tube of toothpaste after India smashed into the rest of the continent, scientists say.
Germany charges Indian man with spying
Berlin: Federal prosecutors say they have charged a 45-year-old Indian man with spying for his country in Germany. The man, identified only as Ranjit S in accordance with German privacy laws, is accused of spying on members of a Sikh organisation in Germany in early 2013.
Kidnapped Pak Sikh duo released from captivity
Peshawar: Two members of the minority Sikh community, who were kidnapped in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan were released and have reached their home in Peshawar after remaining in captivity for 40 days, official sources said on Monday.