Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets
ANKARA: Turkish warplanes have struck suspected Kurdish rebel positions in southeastern Turkey, media reports said Tuesday, the first major airstrikes against the rebel group since peace talks began two years ago to end a 30-year insurgency. Turkish media had varying accounts, but the private Dogan... read more »
Pistorius being portrayed as ‘victim’: Prosecutor
PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius was being portrayed as a “poor victim” ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel was cross-examining Pistorius’ agent, Peet van Zyl, on the second day of a sentencing... read more »
Ebola Patient Dies in German Hospital
BERLIN — A 56-year-old male Ebola patient who had been working with the United Nations in Liberia died overnight at the hospital in Leipzig where he was being treated, the hospital said Tuesday in a statement quoted by the German news media. The brief statement gave no further details. The man... read more »
7.3-magnitude quake hits off El Salvador — USGS
BEIJING – An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale jolted late Monday the Pacific off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua, killing at least one person. Wilfredo Salgado, mayor of San Miguel City in El Salvador, said on his Twitter account that a man was killed when an electric post... read more »
