2015 to be a year of terrorism: expert
Melbourne: The nature of terrorism is changing and there will be more terror attacks this year as the threat from the radicalised groups and individuals has been underestimated, a leading Australian counter-terrorism expert has said.
75 Brotherhood members jailed
Cairo: Seventy-five members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt were on Monday sentenced to jail terms ranging from five years to life on various charges, including inciting violence and attacking public property.
Third Pakistani this year beheaded in Saudi
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, the third person from his country executed for the crime this year.
New project to send seeds to Mars
london: A team of young researchers will send seeds to Mars in 2018 to grow the first plant on the Red planet.
Pakistani released after easyJet alarm
Rome: Italian authorities on Monday released a Pakistani man, who was removed from an easyJet flight to Britain minutes before take-off after it was discovered he was travelling on a fake passport.
Polio team attacked in Pak, policeman killed
Islamabad: A Pakistani policeman escorting a polio vaccination team was killed by unidentified gunmen in a Karachi suburb on Monday, a media report said.