UK gets tough new anti-terror law
london: Tough new powers to seize passports at the border from those suspected of travelling to Syria or Iraq for extremist activity will come into force in the UK from Friday. The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill received Royal Assent from the Queen which makes it an Act.
Egypt court frees Al Jazeera journo on bail
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of jailed Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy on bail, media reported. The country’s Court of Cassation ordered the retrial last month, overturning a lower court’s verdict that had found them guilty of helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, Al Jazeera reported.
Most-wanted widow in interview with IsIS
Paris: The Islamic State group published what it described as an interview with the widow of the French gunman who attacked a kosher supermarket and a police officer in Paris last month, claiming for the first time that she was among extremist fighters.
Sl appeals to UN to delay war crimes probe
Washington: Sri lanka on Thursday appealed to the UN to delay a report into alleged war crimes committed towards the end of its nearly three decades-long civil war so that the new Government can carry out an internal probe as it acknowledged that such violations did take place.
Obama vow to extinguish Ebola
Washington: President Barack Obama said US military efforts to contain Ebola would give way to a civilian-led drive to “extinguish” the deadly virus, as he ordered home American troops in West Africa.
9 out of 27 school attack conspirators killed: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan Army on Thursday said that out of 27 Taliban militants involved in the Peshawar school massacre nine have been killed and 12 others arrested. Military spokesman Major Gen Asim Bajwa said 27 militants were involved in the planning and execution of the attack on the Army-run school on December 16 that killed 150 people, including 136 students.
Blast derails train in Pak, 15 injured
Karachi: At least 15 people, including two women, were injured when unidentified militants triggered a blast on railway tracks and derailed a passenger train in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.