Seven killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad
Baga Sola: Seven civilians were killed in an attack in Chad blamed on Nigerian Boko Haram rebels, officials said. The Islamist militants ambushed people on their way to a market in Tchoukou Telia near lake Chad on Friday.
Nepal appoints new envoy to India after 3 years
Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday appointed a veteran Nepali Congress leader and former minister Deep Kumar Upadhyay as its new ambassador to India, a critically important post that had been lying vacant for more than three years.
Top physics honour of uk for Indian-origin student
london: An Indian-origin student in Britain has won a top prize and 500 pounds for his research on Albert Einstein’s special relativity theory. The project won him the Institute of Physics prize at National Science and Engineering Competition.
Turkey blocks Twitter, Facebook & youtube
Istanbul: Turkey blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of images of a Turkish prosecutor killed by leftist militants during a hostage standoff last week.
Islamists kidnap 300 Kurds in Syria
Beirut: Islamist fighters kidnapped 300 Kurdish civilians in northwestern Syria. It was not immediately clear which group was responsible for the kidnapping, though Kurdish officials accused Al-Qaeda's affiliate Al-Nusra Front.