3,000-year-old mummy found in Egypt tomb
Cairo: Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy in “very good condition” resting inside a brightly coloured wooden sarcophagus.
The Egyptian mummy found near luxor had been bound with linen stuck together with plaster.
166 arrests in Dutch ‘anti-fascism’ demo
The Hague: Police on Sunday said they had arrested 166 radical left-wingers at a protest in the Dutch capital The Hague over police violence.
man sentenced to prison for helping ISIS
New York: A 21-year-old Indian-American man has been sentenced to more than three years for trying to fly overseas to join Islamic State terrorist group, bringing an end to a case that garnered national headlines two years ago.
‘Super Earth’ found orbiting nearby star
london: Scientists have discovered a new ‘super Earth’ planet with a mass around 5.4 times that of the Earth, orbiting a very bright star near to our Sun. The exoplanet, GJ 536 b, is not within the star’s habitable zone, but its short orbital period of 8.7 days and the luminosity of its star make it an attractive candidate for investigating its atmospheric composition, researchers said.
air-ambulance plane crash kills 4 in Nevada
Elko (US): An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames. Three crew members and a patient were killed in the crash last night in Elko, Nevada, sources said.