Iran prez under fire for branding critics ‘cowards’
Tehran: Iran’s President came under fire from MPs on Tuesday for branding his critics as “political cowards’ and urging them “go to hell” if they insist on opposing his policies.
Indian shot dead in southern Nepal
Kathmandu: A 32-year-old Indian was shot dead on Tuesday by an unidentified gunman in Nepal’s southern Dhanusha district. Subash Goit hailing from Khajauli, Madhubani district of Bihar received a bullet in his chest and died on his way to Janakpur Zonal Hospital.
First 3D-printed space camera by next month
Washington: In a boost to space exploration, NASA will complete building the world’s first imaging telescope made entirely from
3D-printed parts by next month.
Pak parliament adopts democracy resolution Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly on Tuesday endorsed a unanimous resolution for strengthening of democratic institutions and supremacy of the constitution and the Parliament, as the Government braces for mass protests led by powerful opposition leaders Tahir-ul Qadri and Imran Khan.
UNSC envoys in S Sudan to push for peace
Juba: UN Security Council ambassadors met the leaders of South Sudan’s warring sides on Tuesday in a bid to end eight months of conflict that has pushed the young nation to the brink of famine.
Tripoli police chief assassinated: security
Tripoli: Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi, chief of police in Tripoli, was gunned down by unidentified attackers in the libyan capital’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security source said.
American arrested for sympathising with ISIS
New York: An American man returning from abroad has been arrested here for allegedly making Twitter postings in support of the dreaded terrorist group ISIS. Donald Ray Morgan, 44, was arrested on August 2 on arrival at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport from Frankfurt, Germany, according to federal court documents.