Former Irish PM Albert Reynolds dead
Dublin: Albert Reynolds, the straight-talking Irish Prime Minister who played a key role in delivering peace to Northern Ireland but struggled to keep his own Governments intact, died on Thursday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 81.
Indonesian prez: IS embarrassing Muslims
Sydney: The President of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, called the actions of Islamic State militants “embarrassing” to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism.
Turkey’s Davutoglu nominated new premier
Ankara: Recep Tayyip Erdogan nominated FM Ahmet Davutoglu as his successor as PM on Thursday, with expectations high that the man who has dominated Turkish politics will stay in charge once he is president.
‘Two Russian vehicles captured in E Ukraine’
Kiev: Ukraine’s military on Thursday said its forces in the east of the country had captured two Russian armoured vehicles with documents linking them to an elite army paratrooper unit.
HuJI chief, 12 others indicted for attack
Dhaka: The chief of the banned HuJI outfit and 12 other Islamists in Bangladesh were charged with murder by a court here in connection with a grenade attack at a political rally in 2001 that killed five people.
2 killed in attack on Nato supply convoy
Peshawar: At least two persons were killed and two oil tankers destroyed when unidentified militants attacked a Nato supply convoy on the Pak-Afghan highway in northwest Pakistan.