Charlie Hebdo attack: Rush to buy new “survivors” issue
Long queues have formed at newsstands in France for the latest edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Three million copies are being printed – a week after Islamist gunmen murdered eight journalists at the magazine and four other people in Paris. The cover shows a cartoon depicting the... read more »
Italian marines case: Supreme Court grants three months extension of stay t...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended, by another three months, stay in Italy of Massimiliano Latorre, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012. The court allowed his application for extension of stay on medical grounds. A bench led by Justice Anil R Dave allowed... read more »
Indonesia investigators hope to get clues to AirAsia crash in days
Jakarta/Surabaya: Indonesian investigators began examining on Wednesday the black box flight recorders from an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed more than two weeks ago, and hope to unlock initial clues to the cause of the disaster within days. Divers retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice... read more »
Pakistan hangs seven more convicts
ISLAMABAD: Seven more convicts were hanged in Pakistan on Tuesday taking the total number of executions to 17 since December last year, a media report said. The hangings took place in Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi jails, Dawn online reported. The executed terrorists were Behram Khan,... read more »
