1 killed, 3 injured in attack in north mali
Bamako (Mali): One person was killed and three injured on Sunday as unidentified assailants shelled the city of Gao in northern Mali, the country’s UN peacekeeping mission and a hospital official said.
Taliban publish Mullah Omar’s biography
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban on Sunday published a descriptive biography of their “charismatic” supreme leader Mullah Omar, in a surprise move apparently aimed at countering the creeping influence of the Islamic State group within insurgent ranks.
Turkish prez to visit Iran despite dispute
Tehran: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Iran on Tuesday despite a war of words between the neighbouring countries over conflicts from Syria to Yemen, Tehran confirmed. There had been calls from Iranian conservatives for the visit to be cancelled after Erodgan accused Shiite Tehran of backing “terrorist” rebels in the face of an air campaign in Yemen led by its Sunni arch rival Riyadh.
Aus Ex-politician held for visiting ISis war zone
Melbourne: A former Australian politician was on Sunday arrested at Darwin Airport after returning to the country from Middle East where he allegedly helped Kurdish fighters against Islamic State militants.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ dinos found buried together
Toronto: A dinosaur couple nicknamed ‘Romeo and Juliet’, unearthed at the Gobi Desert in Mongolia may have been a mated pair that was preserved side by side for more than 75 million years, scientists say. The two raptors died and were buried next to each other when a large sand dune collapsed on them, paleontologists at the University of Alberta say.
Author spends £150k to look like Shakespeare
london: A best-selling Chinese author has shelled out a staggering 151,000 pounds on plastic surgery to look like the famed playwright William Shakespeare. Zhang Yiyi, 34, had a total of 10 operations over several months including eye reconstruction, eyelid surgery, nose surgery and a face tuck to look like the bard. While Yiyi is as yet unable to emulate William Shakespeare’s famously bald head, he has now grown his hair much longer to aid the resemblance.