Celebrations on as Iraq about to capture Tikrit
Tikrit: Iraqi forces picked through the rubble-strewn streets of Tikrit after storming to the city centre, searching for diehard jihadist fighters and avoiding the booby traps they left behind. Celebrations began when the black jehadist flag was replaced by Iraq’s tricolour on the main provincial headquarters in central Tikrit on Tuesday following a big military push.
UN hails ‘historic’ Myanmar ceasefire
United Nations: Terming as “historic” the latest ceasefire reached between the Myanmarese Government and 16 ethnic armed groups, former Indian diplomat and the UN Secretary General’s special advisor on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, has said that the agreement is the first step towards a larger dialogue for settling Myanmar’s political and military issues.
Malaysia’s King rejects Anwar pardon petition
Kuala lumpur: Malaysia’s King has rejected the petition for a royal pardon of controversial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, currently serving a five-year jail sentence for sodomy, leading to his immediate disqualification as a MP. Anwar, 67, was sentenced to a five-year jail term for sodomising a former aide in 2008, stymieing the ex-deputy premier’s political ambitions.
Graveyard under Cambridge varsity
london: One of UK’s largest medieval hospital burial grounds containing the remains of more than 1,000 people has been uncovered under Cambridge University. The huge graveyard was found during excavations beneath the Old Divinity School at St John’s College in the university as part of recent refurbishments. The mass cemetery, which was far larger than the small burial ground which archaeologists had expected, contained around about 1,300 burials, including about 400 complete skeletons.
‘Boko Haram may have committed war crimes’
Geneva: The atrocities of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, if confirmed, would constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said here on Wednesday.
lynching case: Pakistan court gives death to 7
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued death warrants for seven individuals convicted of being part of a mob that lynched two brothers in 2010. The court issued the warrants after the lahore High Court rejected appeals submitted by the seven convicts, Dawn online reported.