US embassy in S Arabia closed indefinitely
Riyadh: The US embassy in Saudi Arabia will remain closed until further noticed due to heightened security concerns at US diplomatic facilities, the embassy said on its website on Wednesday.
Pak executes nine more prisoners
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday executed nine death-row prisoners, a day after 12 others were hanged, taking the number of executions to 48 since the country lifted the 2008 moratorium on capital punishment after the Peshawar school massacre.
German killed as 2 trains collide in Switzerland
Geneva: A German man was killed and a Portuguese man was injured when two work trains collided on Wednesday while carrying out track maintenance in central Switzerland, police said.
Pak Taliban militants kill PMl-N politician
Peshawar: A senior local leader of the ruling PMl-N was killed by Pakistani Taliban gunmen in northwest Pakistan, police said. President of the Peshawar district of Pakistan Muslim league-N Sardar Khan was killed when the armed men attacked and opened indiscriminate fire on him.
Man gets 35 yrs jail for rape, murder in Nepal
Kathmandu: In a landmark judgment, a Nepalese man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison and slapped with a hefty fine of Rs200,000 for raping and killing a six-year-old girl last month.
UN rights chief slams trial of Maldives ex-prez
Berlin: The UN’ human rights chief is voicing concern over the “rushed” trial that led to a terrorism conviction and 13-year jail term for the Maldives’ former president.
Syrian opposition wants ‘chlorine attack’ probed
Beirut: The main Syrian opposition group has called on the UN to send a fact-finding mission to investigate an alleged poison gas attack on a rebel-held town.