SHARIF TO BE INDICTED IN GRAFT CASES TODAY
Islamabad: Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to be indicted on Friday by
an anti-corruption court in the Panama Papers scandal that could land him in jail.
13 KIllED IN SOUTH YEMEN ClASHES: ARMY
Aden: Four soldiers and nine rebels were killed in southern Yemen, Army sources said, as clashes flared in the last rebel pocket in mainly Government-held Shabwa province.
PROPERTY lINKED TO NIGERIAN EX-MIN SEIZED
lagos: A Nigerian court has ordered the permanent seizure
of properties worth some $7 million from the country’s former oil minister, who is facing a slew of corruption claims.
IRAQ KURDS lIFT BARRIERS ON ROADS FROM MOSUl
Arbil: Iraqi Kurdish forces on Thursday removed barriers they had installed just hours earlier on roads from second city Mosul amid fears of an attack following last month’s independence referendum, an official said.
RUSSIA PUTS CRIMEA ON NEW BANK NOTE
Moscow: Russia on Thursday presented a new bank note that shows images of Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.
FlOODS, lANDSlIDES KIll 43 IN VIETNAM
Hanoi: Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam, officials said on Thursday.
UAE STOPS ISSUING VISAS TO NORTH KOREANS
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates on Thursday announced it had stopped issuing visas to North Korean nationals and downgraded diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, following similar moves by Kuwait and Qatar.