AFP, JOHANNESBURG: A South African court yesterday issued a temporary ban on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaving the country after the International Criminal Court called for him to be arrested at a summit in Johannesburg. Bashir, who is wanted over alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity…

BBC, LONDON: UK intelligence agents have been moved because Russia and China have access to classified information which reveals how they operate, a senior government source has told the BBC. According to the Sunday Times, Moscow and Beijing have deciphered documents stolen by whistleblower Edward Snowden.…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has killed 13 Iraqi soldiers in a triple suicide car bombing at an army base south of Fallujah, reports Al Jazeera. Those killed in Sunday's attack in the village of Al Hayakil included the commander of the second army regiment of the first army…

AP/UNB, Islamabad: A senior Pakistani official says the country's Interior Ministry has halted an order it made closing the office of Save the Children in Islamabad.The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Sunday. The organisation could not be reached for comment.…

AFP, SEOUL: North Korea has intensified screening and vowed "watertight" measures to ward off the MERS virus as an outbreak in South Korea killed 15 and sparked widespread alarm. Officials have stepped up screening for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and quarantine measures at the international…

AFP, TBILISI: Lions, tigers and even a hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi yesterday, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 12 people, officials said. Police and soldiers were hunting down the animals, recapturing some and shooting others dead, while rescuers…

Dallas suspect snapped, says father BBC: A man suspected of attacking the Dallas police headquarters with guns and explosives had "snapped" under personal pressures, his father has said. The suspect identified himself to the authorities as James Boulware, although his identity is yet to be…