Egypt jails 78 minors for pro-Morsi protests
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 78 minors to between two and five years in prison for taking part in demonstrations calling for the return of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources said.
Militants kill 4 polio workers in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least four polio workers, including three women, were killed on Wednesday in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province. The workers were going from their homes to a health centre when they were attacked near Eastern Bypass area of Quetta city.
Namibia prepares for Africa’s first e-vote
Windhoek: Namibia will vote in Africa’s first electronic ballot on Friday in a poll that will usher in a new President and quotas to put more women in Government, after opposition’s plea against using Indian-made e-voting machines was dismissed.
Egypt reopens Gaza crossing: officials
Cairo: Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since its closure in late October after a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said.
6 killed in attack on house of Yemen leader
Sanaa: Yemen security officials say Shia Houthi rebels have attacked and occupied the seat of power of an influential tribe in the capital, killing six guards and injuring four.
1.7 kg of drugs found in Iranian’s stomach
Tehran: Narcotics weighing 1.7 kg have been found in the stomach of a 20-year-old man in Iran’s northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, police said.
Palestinian prez against Jewish state bill
Pretoria (South Africa): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he supports Israeli members of Parliament who oppose the plan to formalise Israel’s status as a Jewish state.
Afghanistan says it will not allow ‘proxy wars’
Kathmandu: Afghanistan will not allow anybody to conduct “proxy wars” on its soil, war-torn country’s President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday, in a veiled warning to Pakistan. “Collapse or failure of States result in ungoverned spaces that provide breeding ground for criminal enterprises in efforts of violence to form symbiotic relationship,” Ghani said in his address at the 18th SAARC Summit here.