International

Tuareg rebels have captured the ancient city of Timbuktu amid growing instability in Mali in the wake of a military coup last week.

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has announced it is withdrawing from talks on a new constitution, saying Islamist domination of the drafting body made its participation “pointless”, Egypt’s state news agency said.

At least 12 people were killed and dozens of others seriously injured in a bus crash on the highway linking the Kenyan capital Nairobi and Mombasa Sunday night, police said Monday.

At least 32 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed in Russia’s Siberia region early Monday, emergency authorities said.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang called for joint efforts to push forward Asia’s sound and sustainable development in the wake of complex global situations, as he attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) held on Monday.

A Pakistani court has sentenced Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters to a month and a half in prison for illegal residency.

Militants of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch on Sunday shot dead 15 army soldiers who were held captive during Saturday’s fighting in the southern province of Lahj, a military official told Xinhua.

Africa will harmonise its aviation training in order to regulate the fast growing industry, United Nation’s aviation body, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Monday.