Pak Sikhs threaten countrywide protest
Islamabad: Sikhs in Pakistan have held a protest march and threatened to launch a countrywide agitation if the Government fails to provide security to them following targetted killings of members of the minority community in recent weeks.
‘Meteorite’ smashes into Nicaraguan capital
Managua: A mysterious explosion that rocked Nicaragua’s crowded capital Managua, creating a large crater, appears to have been caused by a meteorite, officials have said.
Officer killed, 10 hurt in explosion in Egypt
Cairo: A police officer was killed and ten others injured in an explosion carried out by unknown militants in Egypt’s North Sinai governorate.
Over 200 killed in floods, rains in Pak
Islamabad/lahore: Over 200 people were killed and nearly 400 injured in floods and rain-related incidents in Pakistan, mainly in Punjab province, with four days of torrential downpour leaving a trail of death and devastation.
Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 18 in Iraq
Samarra (Iraq): Militants, including two suicide bombers, attacked a town north of Baghdad that has resisted jehadis, killing 18 people, police and a doctor said.
‘Abbas trying to destroy unity deal’
Gaza City: Hamas on Monday accused Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas of trying to sabotage a fragile reconciliation agreement after he accused them of running “a shadow Government” in Gaza.
Elderly nuns raped, murdered in Burundi
Bujumbura: Three elderly Italian nuns were raped and murdered in twin attacks in their convent in the capital of Burundi, police said on Monday as a hunt was launched for their killers.
No sign of flight MH370 after six months
Kuala lumpur: After six months of searching for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 which went missing March 8, the authorities have still not found any sign of the aircraft, Australian authorities said on Monday.
liberia faces huge Ebola surge: WHO
liberia: Ebola is spreading exponentially in liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the WHO says. The WHO says 79 health workers have been killed by the virus.