20 terrorists killed in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least 20 terrorists were killed during airstrikes in a tribal agency of Pakistan on Friday, said an official statement. Around 18 terrorists were also wounded in the airstrikes in Khyber Agency, according to the statement by Inter Service Public Relations, the mouthpiece of the military.post abductions, Tunisia shuts libya consulate
Tunis: Tunisia said on Friday it was shutting its consulate in conflict-hit libya as 10 staffers abducted by an armed militia in Tripoli were heading home after a week in captivity.
Qaeda in N Africa denies US strike killed ex-chief
Tripoli: Al-Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in libya, in a statement posted online.
Putin urges political resolve for Ukrain crisis
St Petersburg: President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine should offer broad rights to its eastern rebel regions in order to end the conflict that has strained Russia-West ties. Putin said such decentralisation is a key part of the February peace agreement signed in Minsk.
Moroccan men jailed for kissing in public
Rabat: Two Moroccan men were jailed for four months for kissing in public, after a string of recent controversies over homosexuality in the conservative Muslim kingdom, said NGO officials who attended the trial. The men were convicted of an “affront to public decency” and of an “unnatural act with a person of the same sex,” and were also fined 500 dirhams.