ISIS beheads 8 Shia in Syria's Hama
Beirut: A new video released by the Islamic State group shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shia Muslims. The video posted on social media on Sunday, said the eight men were beheaded in the central Syrian province of Hama. The men, wearing orange uniforms with their hands tied behind their backs, were led forward in a field by teenage boys. They were then handed over to a group of ISIS fighters with each fighter receiving a knife from one of the boys before beheading the men. An Islamic State fighter speaks in the video, using a derogatory term for Shia and calling them "impure infidels."
14 killed in blasts at Aden arms depot
Aden: A series of explosions rocked an arms depot in Yemen’s second city of Aden, killing at least 14 people as looters swarmed the facility, witnesses and an official said.
Two cops detained in Erdogan spying case
Istanbul: Turkish authorities detained two former policemen following their extradition from Romania on suspicion of bugging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, State media said on Sunday.
Protesters pelt eggs over China flight route
Taipei: Taiwanese demonstrators threw eggs and slippers to protest against China’s launch of a controversial new flight route on Sunday, accusing the Government of failing to stand up to Beijing.
Uzbekistan votes to elect president
Tashkent: Polling stations opened on Sunday in the ex-Soviet state of Uzbekistan for a ballot that is almost certain to re-elect 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov.
5,000-yr-old brewery found in Israel
Jerusalem: A 5,000-year-old brewery has been unearthed in Tel Aviv, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday. The find includes fragments of ancient Egyptian-made pottery vessels that were used to prepare beer.
30 ISIS militants killed in Iraq
Baghdad: At least 30 Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed on Sunday in clashes and US-led coalition airstrikes in the Iraqi provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said. In Salahudin province, the security forces backed by the US and Iraqi aircraft continued their battles to free the IS-held provincial capital city of Tikrit and made a slight advance in the southern and western districts of Shishin and Dyoum after overnight clashes with the extremist militants.