Sweden to question Assange in london embassy hideout
london: Swedish authorities have written to the Ecuadorean foreign office in UK seeking a meeting with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as he began his fifth year holed out in the Ecuadoran embassy.
Violent protests rock Africa’s capital
Pretoria: Vehicles were torched and roads were barricaded with rocks and burning tyres in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on Tuesday in violent protests over a disputed mayoral candidate for upcoming municipal elections.
Father held for trying to kill intersex baby
Beijing: A man in China has been arrested for trying to kill his child three times after he came to know the newborn was an intersex baby — born with both male and female genitals.
Gun control bid fails in US Senate
Washington: The US Senate has defeated a string of gun control measures including one aimed at expanding background checks for individual gun sales, a blow to reform efforts in the wake of the Orlando massacre.
Sindh Chief Justice’s son abducted in Pak
Karachi: The son of the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court has been abducted by unidentified armed men here in Pakistan’s largest city and economic hub and police have detained five persons in this connection.
Egypt court won’t give islands to Saudi Arabia
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Tuesday quashed a Government’s border deal with Saudi Arabia to hand over two strategic Red Sea islands to the Gulf nation that had sparked public outrage in the country. The Egyptian Administrative Court ruled that two islands Tiran and Sanafir, which were under Egypt’s control for over 60 years, should remain under the Egyptian sovereignty.