9 get life in jail for plotting terror acts
Cairo: A court in Egypt on Wednesday sentenced nine militants to life in prison for plotting terrorist attacks against security forces, foreign missions and ships passing through the country’s vital Suez Canal.
N Korea: Kim Jong-Un freed US detainee
Seoul: North Korea said on Wednesday that “criminal” US detainee Jeffrey Fowle was freed on the orders of leader Kim Jong-Un following “repeated requests” from President
Barack Obama.
Malala gets US liberty Medal
Washington: Pakistani teenager and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been conferred with the liberty Medal, and the youngest recipient of the American award said this will encourage her to continue her campaign for child rights in countries including India.
WWII ships found in Graveyard of Atlantic
Washington: Two sunken ships from World War II — a German U-boat and an American merchant vessel — have been found deep in the ocean off the coast of North Carolina, officials have said.
Anwar Ibrahim expects to be jailed again
Kuala lumpur: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he expects Malaysia’s top court will dismiss his final appeal against a sodomy conviction next week and that he will be sent to prison
for the second time in a decade. The Federal Court will hear his appeal October 28-29.