SAN FRANCISCO: Two small planes have collided over San Francisco Bay, leaving a pilot missing after only one of the aircraft landed safely. US Coast Guard spokeswoman Loumania Stewart says a water search is underway after debris was spotted in … read more
CAIRO: The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi last month will issue a verdict Monday on another 700 people, including the leader of his Muslim Brotherhood. Monday´s hearing in a court in … read more
KARACHI: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing a battery of criminal cases, must wait a fortnight to learn if he will be given permission to go abroad to visit his sick mother. A court in Karachi on Wednesday adjourned a … read more
LONDON: William Shakespeare´s plays are to be performed in mid-air as Britain celebrates the 450th anniversary of his birth this week, while a tour of “Hamlet” aims to reach every country on Earth. Shakespeare, the English language´s greatest playwright, was … read more
MOSUL: A car bomb exploded in a village in northern Iraq mainly populated by members of the Shabak minority on Wednesday, killing seven people, police and a morgue employee said. The blast in Baybukh, a village north of the city … read more