Lastnight World: Scribe ‘savagely attacked’ in Cairo

Scribe 'savagely attacked' in Cairo

Paris: A correspondent for France 24 TV, Sonia Dridi, was "savagely attacked" near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd, the network said on Saturday. The news channel said in a statement she was attacked around 10.30 pm on Friday after a live broadcast on a protest at the square and was later rescued by a colleague and other witnesses. "More frightened than hurt," wrote Dridi in French on her Twitter page.

Mutiny: 723 Bangla border guards jailed

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Saturday jailed another 723 border guards for their role in the bloody 2009 mutiny, bringing the total number of soldiers imprisoned for the uprising to almost 6,000. Delivering its verdicts on the last of the 57 mutinying units, a paramilitary court here sentenced 723 rebel soldiers to different terms up to seven years of imprisonment.

Two more churches vandalised in Pak

ISLAMABAD: Two churches have been vandalised within 10 days in Karachi, taking the total number of churches attacked this year to six. The Philadelphia Pentecostal Church of Pakistan, situated in Essa Nagri neighbourhood of Karachi, was attacked on Thursday.

Twin blasts kill 8 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Two bombs killed at least eight people and wounded 38 more in a busy market in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district on Saturday, police and hospital sources said.

Hostage rescue: Qaeda warns France

NOUAKCHOTT: Al-Qaeda's north African wing chief Yahya Abu Hammam warned France on Saturday that any attempt to forcibly rescue six French citizens held hostage by the militant group since 2010 could lead to their death.

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