Fijians vote, seek to end ‘coup culture'
Suva (Fiji): The Pacific nation of Fiji will on Wednesday hold its first elections in almost eight years, with voters urged to embrace democracy after decades of ethnic tensions and military meddling in civil affairs.
Arab national jailed for impersonating women
Dubai: A 21-year-old Arab national has been sentenced to jail for a month by a court in the UAE for roaming around dressed like a woman, a media report said on Sunday.
American jailed for entering n korea
Pyongyang: North Korea's Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced a 24-year-old American man to six years of hard labour for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage.
Nigeria building collapse toll 40
lagos: Forty people have now died as a result of a building collapse at the megachurch of one of Nigeria's most famous preachers and televangelists, the country's main rescue body said on Sunday.
Syria air strike kills 17 militants
Beirut: A Syrian air strike on an Islamic State (IS) training camp in the jihadist-held east killed 17 militants and a child, a monitoring group said in a new toll on Sunday. The strike hit dormitories on Saturday in the camp in the Euphrates valley town of Tibni in Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
14 die, 12 missing as Indonesia boat sinks
Jakarta: A boat sank on Sunday in bad weather off eastern Indonesia, killing at least 14 people and leaving 12 others missing, an official said. The long wooden boat carrying 35 passengers went down in the waters off Sula islands after it was hit by towering waves in rough weather, National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
2 fatally gored at lisbon bull fest
lisbon: Authorities say a Portuguese bull-running festival will continue next week despite the fatal goring of two men by a bull. Officials said the victims, aged 46 and 27, were taking part in festivities late Friday in Moita, a small town about 30 kilometres south of the capital, lisbon.
7 militants killed in Egyptian army raid
Cairo: Seven militants were killed and three others arrested during an army raid in Shiek Zuweid city in Egypt's restive North Sinai. The militants from Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis group were killed when they opened fire on security forces during the raid, a military source said on Saturday.
Dhaka meet to save tigers begins
Dhaka: Some 140 tiger experts and Government officials from 20 countries met in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday to review progress towards an ambitious goal of doubling their number in the wild by 2022.
18 killed in Pak boat tragedy
lahore: Severe flooding overturned a boat carrying a marriage party in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday leaving at least 18 dead, including the bridegroom, even as swelling waters continued to wreak havoc in the country affecting over two million people. The boat drowned in Multan near the Sher Shah Bridge when it capsized owing to high pressure of floods water.