Obama, family confirms death of ISIS hostage
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday confirmed the death of Kayla Jean Mueller, who was taken hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group, and vowed to track down her captors. “No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla’s captivity and death,” he said in a statement. The 26-year-old aid worker from Arizona was captured in August 2013 in Aleppo.
‘Southern states lynched nearly 4,000 blacks’
New York: Nearly 4,000 black victims were lynched in 12 States in the southern United States from 1877 to 1950, an average of more than one a week for 73 years, a new study revealed.
NASA unveils ‘dark side’ of the Moon
Washington: NASA has released an incredibly detailed video of what the Moon looks on the side that is never visible from the Earth. As the Earth spins around and around, it only ever faces one side of our orbiting Moon.
15 suspected militants killed in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least 15 suspected militants were killed during an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Pakistan on Tuesday, a spokesman for the security force said.
B’desh bans night buses after bomb attacks
Dhaka: Bangladesh has ordered long-distance buses off the roads at night after two petrol bomb attacks killed 16 people during a worsening outbreak of political unrest.
Boko Haram kidnaps 20 people, executes 12
Yaoundé: Suspected members of Boko Haram kidnapped 20 people from a bus in northern Cameroon, then executed 12 of them. The kidnapping occurred on Sunday and all of the survivors have since been released, a resident said, on condition of anonymity, whose wife was among those abducted.
‘Karachi could submerge by 2060 due to warming’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s largest city and financial capital Karachi could submerge into the sea by 2060 due to global warming, a top oceanographer has warned lawmakers amid reports of escalating threat of sea intrusion along the coasts of Balochistan and Sindh provinces.