AFP, CAIRO: A car bomb ripped through Italy's consulate in Cairo yesterday, killing one person, the first attack on a foreign mission in Egypt since jihadists launched a campaign against security forces two years ago. The early morning explosion was heard across the capital and tore down the facade…

AFP, BEIRUT: Syria's regime killed at least 28 people, mostly civilians, yesterday when its warplanes dropped massive makeshift bombs on a town held by the Islamic State group, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombs used in the attacks on Al-Bab, in the northern province…

AFP, NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday said her opposition would participate in historic polls set for November 8, vowing the party would amend the constitution that bars her from the presidency if it wins. It will be the first general election in a quarter of a century to be contested…

AFP,SANAA: A UN-proposed Yemen humanitarian truce got off to a shaky start yesterday after Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck rebel positions and clashes persisted between insurgents and pro-government fighters. The six-day ceasefire took effect just before midnight Friday as agencies scrambled to…

AP/UNB ,Kabul: Afghan intelligence officials said Saturday that a U.S. airstrike killed the top leader of a local Islamic State affiliate and more than 30 other militants near the country's rugged eastern border with Pakistan. U.S. and NATO officials declined to immediately comment on the claim.…

AFP, MOGADISHU:Somalia's government said yesterday that 12 Shebab militants were killed in Friday evening's raids on two heavily-fortified Mogadishu hotels. Internal Security Minister Abdirasak Omar Mohamed told reporters that "it was only them (the attackers) who died" in the coordinated…

AFP, N'DJAMENA: At least 14 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded market in Chad's capital on Saturday just days after Boko Haram claimed a previous bombing in the city that left 38 people dead. The attack in N'Djamena by a man disguised as a woman in a full-face veil…

AFP, JAKARTA: Holidaymakers stranded for days in Bali when a volcanic ash cloud forced the closure of the island's main airport began departing yesterday as flights resumed after Indonesian authorities reopened the terminal. Ngurah Rai International Airport had been closed since late Thursday as…

BBC, MIAMI: As New Horizons bears down on Pluto, its images just get sharper and sharper. The probe's latest picture released on Saturday has started to give scientists some real indications of the geology on the dwarf world. The new black-and-white view reveals a vast band of patterned terrain…

Burundi presidential vote delayed AFP, BUJUMBURA: Presidential elections in the crisis-hit central African nation of Burundi have been postponed to July 21, nearly a week later than originally scheduled, the presidency announced yesterday. A decree signed by President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose controversial…

AFP, BEIRUT: An Israeli drone crashed in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Saturday, the military said, in the second such incident in three weeks. "At around 8:30 am (0530 GMT), a drone belonging to the Israeli enemy went down in the port of Tripoli, and the army has taken the necessary…