US laptop ban: Qatar Airways exempted
Doha: Qatar Airways announced today that it had won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its Doha hub.
‘Niger army kills 14 mistaken for jehadis'
Niamey: Niger's Army has killed 14 displaced people who were mistaken for jehadis in the restive southeast where Boko Haram Islamists have staged regular attacks, a local official said.
Chinese Nobel laureate’s health deteriorates
Beijing: Fears about the health of China’s cancer-stricken Nobel laureate liu Xiaobo rose tos as the hospital treating him said the liver function of the country’s most prominent democracy advocate had deteriorated.
17 dead in Ghana goldmine collapse
Accra: Rescuers on Thursday called off a search for miners who were trapped underground for five days after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, declaring 17 dead, a local lawmaker said.