AFP, SANAA: Saudi-led warplanes have bombed the Sanaa  headquarters of the Yemeni party headed by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is allied to Shiite Huthi insurgents, the party said yesterday. A provincial source in Lahj, meanwhile, said coalition air strikes on a market claimed 23 lives,…

BBC, LONDON: Thousands of men and boys killed in the Srebrenica genocide 20 years ago have been remembered at a service at Westminster Abbey. About 2,000 guests, including UK politicians and the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, watched the lighting of candles in memory of the victims. Munira Subasic,…

AFP, BAGHDAD: A bomb fell from an Iraqi Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad yesterday because of a technical problem, killing at least eight people and wounding 17, officials said. One of the bombs became stuck because of a technical problem, and during its (the aircraft's) return to…

AFP, TOKYO: Japan yesterday celebrated the inscription of Meiji-era industrial sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list, despite initial opposition from Seoul over the use of forced Korean labourers in the early 20th century. UNESCO's World Heritage committee on Sunday added 23 sites considered…

AFP, SINGAPORE: The Singa­porean teenager behind online attacks on former premier Lee Kuan Yew was given a four-week jail term yesterday but freed in view of time served since being accused of offending Christians and posting an obscene image. Amos Yee, 16, was jailed for three weeks for wounding…

AFP, NAIROBI: Kenyan anti-gay protesters marched in Nairobi yesterday warning US President Barack Obama not to speak about gay rights when he visits the country of his ancestors later this month. We do not want Obama and Obama, we do not want Michelle and Michelle, they chanted. We want Obama and Michelle…

Xi, Putin to discuss on IS AFP, BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders will discuss the threat the Islamic State group poses in Afghanistan at a Eurasian security summit in Russia this week, a Chinese official said  yesterday. Xi travels to the…