Cairo: An Egyptian court on Monday decided to pronounce a final verdict in a case against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 190 other Brotherhood members on August 22 for allegedly attacking a police station and killing five people in 2013.
Britain calls for Iran flexibility in n talks
luxembourg: Britain on Monday urged Iran to show more flexibility in talks on its contested nuclear programme as an end-June deadline looms after years of tortuous negotiations with the West.
Heatwave kills 260 in southern Pakistan
Karachi: An intense heatwave in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has killed at least 260 people in the country’s worst heatstroke in more than a decade, triggering an emergency situation in major hospitals here on Monday.
Arrest warrants for 33 B’desh Opp members
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday issued arrest warrants for 33 Opposition members in connection with a January bomb attack during an anti-Government demonstration here.
act on US report on lTTE: lanka Opp to govt
Colombo: Asserting that there is a “threat” to national security, Sri lanka’s Opposition on Monday asked the Government to act urgently over a US report which said that the lTTE’s international network and funding was intact.
Cambridge varsity allow men in skirts
london: Breaking with centuries of tradition, a Cambridge University college has decided to allow women to wear trousers and men to wear skirts at formal dinners after a campaign by a transgender student.