Eleven killed in South Sudan ambush
Juba: Eleven people, including four journalists working for South Sudan's State-run media, have been killed in an ambush in the remote west of the war-torn nation, independent Radio Tamazuj reported on Monday.
43 Filipino commandos killed in rebel clash
Manila: At least 43 Philippine police commandos were killed in a fierce battle with Muslim guerrillas after launching an assault in which they may have killed one of southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorists, officials said on Monday.
Mubarak sons released from prison
Cairo: The two sons of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak were on Monday released from a jail here nearly four years after they were arrested along with their father in a corruption case.
Cop guarding polio team shot dead in Pakistan
Karachi: A policeman escorting a polio vaccination team was on Monday shot dead by gunmen, in a spate of attacks on health workers in Pakistan struggling to stamp out the crippling disease from the country.
Fb directed to block pages ‘insulting' Islam
Istanbul: A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block pages deemed blasphemous, threatening to shut down the social media network indefinitely if it ignores the directive, state media said today.
Drone targets ‘Qaeda' in crisis-hit Yemen
Sanaa: A drone strike killed three suspected al-Qaeda militants in Yemen on Monday after Washington vowed to continue its campaign against the jihadist group despite the country's ongoing political crisis.
23 killed in Egypt clashes
Cairo: The death toll in clashes between Islamists and security forces has risen to 23, a day after Egypt marked the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, the Government said on Monday.
Hindu temple reopened in Singapore
Singapore: A 120-year-old Hindu temple here was today thrown open to devotees after undergoing a 4.5 million dollar renovation, with senior Ministers calling it a cornerstone to Singapore's cultural and racial harmony.