Iran military adviser killed in Iraq
Tehran: A senior Iranian military officer has been killed while advising Iraqi troops in their fight against the Islamic State group, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday.
lanka’s main Muslim party quits govt
Colombo: Sri lanka’s main Muslim party on Sunday quit the Government and decided to support the Opposition in the January 8 presidential polls in a move seen as a major setback to President Mahinda Rajapakse’s bid to seek a record third term.
Gunmen kill policeman in Egypt’s Alexandria
Cairo: Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded three others in a drive-by attack on a patrol at Alexandria in Egypt on Sunday, a security official said. “Armed men aboard a minibus opened fire on them and then made off,” the official told AFP.
Russian editor faces 15 days in jail
Moscow: The editor-in-chief of Russia’s top Opposition magazine, The New Times, has been accused of disobeying traffic police in Moscow and faces up to 15 days in jail. Writing on Twitter, Yevgenia Albats said a court would convene to hear her case on Monday.
Photojournalist Rajan Devadas dies in US
Washington: Rajan Devadas, one of the most admired Indian-American photojournalists whose lenses chronicled US-India relations for more than half a century, has died. Devadas, a Padma Shri awardee, died of cardiac arrest at Hebrew Home of Greater Washington on Friday. He is survived by his wife and eight children. He was 93.
24 dead in sri lanka floods, mudslides
Colombo: At least 24 people have been killed and eight others were reported missing due to mudslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in Sri lanka over the past week. The Disaster Management Centre said about 1.01 million people in 22 districts of the country have been affected by the adverse weather conditions.