‘ISIS attacked Israeli forces, then apologised’
Jerusalem: The ISIS terrorist group launched an attack on Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights and later “apologised” for targeting them, Israel’s former defence minister Moshe Ya’alon has said.
labour party to scrap May’s Brexit plan if won
london: Britain’s main opposition labour party on Tuesday unveiled its own Brexit plan, saying it will scrap the ruling Conservative White Paper on the UK’s exit from the European Union if it wins the general election in June.
Pentagon chief warns of ‘tough year’ for Afghan
Kabul: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis warned of “another tough year” in Afghanistan as he arrived on an unannounced visit today, hours after his Afghan counterpart resigned over a deadly Taliban attack that triggered anger and left the embattled army in disarray.
ISIS ‘executes’ 15 civilians in Mosul
Baghdad: Jehadi militants from the ISIS group posing as liberating security forces killed at least 15 civilians who welcomed them in central Mosul, officials said on Tuesday.
Spain holds 4 over Belgium attacks link
Barcelona: Spanish police on Tuesday arrested four men with alleged links to suspects held in Belgium over their involvement in the Brussels airport and metro attacks last year, officials said.
Hearing on 11 cases against Zia adjourned
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday deferred the hearing on 11 cases against opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on charges of sedition and inciting violence after she reported sick.
20 dead as boat capsizes in Senegal
Dakar: At least 20 people, almost all women, were killed when a wooden boat capsized off Senegal’s central coast in a delta region popular with tourists, firefighters said on Tuesday.
Israel appoints first female sharia judge
Jerusalem: Israel appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system on
Tuesday, officials said, a move hailed as historic.
Bus-truck crash in Kenya kills 26
Nairobi: At least 26 people were killed and many others injured in a head-on crash between a bus and a truck on the highway between Nairobi and Kenya’s second city Mombasa, police said on Tuesday.