Gaza attacks cost Israel $2.5 bn
Jerusalem: Israel’s military has said that more than $2.5 billion was spent for carrying out military operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip that left more than 2,000 people dead. Israel’s Minister of Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon put the expenditure of the war on Gaza at “more than nine billion shekels”, which is more than $2.5 billion, Press TV reported.
Pak yet again delays Mumbai attacks trial
lahore: For the eighth time in a row, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case on Wednesday adjourned the hearing after a Government witness and prosecution lawyers did not show up.
‘Somalia Shebab chief likely dead in US strike’
Nairobi: The death of the leader of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels in a US air strike is a “very strong probability,” but still unconfirmed, security sources said on Wednesday.
910 militants killed in Waziristan op: Pak army
Islamabad: Pakistan’s military said 910 “terrorist” have been killed during a major offensive against militants launched in June in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region.
11 held in China for sale of toxic capsules
Beijing: Eleven people have been arrested for production and sale of toxic capsules on massive scale in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
3 dead in US shooting; gunman kills self
Greenville (US): South Carolina authorities say a gunman killed two security guards and his stepfather and wounded a police officer before fatally shooting himself in the head.
Japan PM names five women to new cabinet
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named five women to his new Cabinet, leading by example in a country economists say must make better use of its highly-educated but underemployed women.