Jazeera SCRIBE renounces Egypt citizenship
Cairo: Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has renounced his Egyptian citizenship, his family said on Tuesday, in a bid to follow his Australian colleague Peter Greste in being released from a Cairo jail.
5 girls die, 8 HURT as roof collapses in Pak
Peshawar: Five students were killed and eight others injured as they fell into a well after its dilapidated roof collapsed in an all-girls madrassa in this city.
Singapore blocks gambling sites
Singapore: Singapore has started blocking hundreds of foreign gambling websites to curb unlicensed online betting, a day after a tough anti-gambling law came into effect.
Sicilian judge sworn in as Italy’s PREZ
Rome: Sergio Mattarella, a Sicilian constitutional court judge closely associated with the fight against organised crime, was sworn in on Tuesday as Italy’s new President.
France: 8 HElD in Syria extremist network
Paris: French authorities arrested seven men and a woman on Tuesday suspected of involvement in a network to send fighters to join Islamic extremists in Syria, the latest roundup after France’s deadliest terrorist attacks in decades.
‘Serbia didn’t commit genocide in Croatia’
The Hague: The United Nations’ top court has ruled that Serbia did not commit genocide in Croatia during the bloody wars sparked by the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Fiji to remove Union Jack from flag: PM
Suva: Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power UK, PM Voreqe Bainimarama said.