One shot dead, 3 hurt in Arizona varsity shooting

Los Angeles: A student armed with a handgun killed a fellow student in a "confrontation" at an Arizona university on Friday that also left three others with gunshot wounds, the police said. The incident at Northern Arizona University came hours before President Barack Obama was to meet families of victims of the October 1 shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Oregon that left nine persons dead before the gunman killed himself. AFP

Nepal to elect PM through voting tomorrow
Kathmandu: Nepal's new Prime Minister will be elected on Sunday through a voting in Parliament after political parties failed to forge consensus, it was announced on Friday, amid continued protests and blockade of a key border trade point with India over the country's new Constitution. Nepalese President Dr Ram Baran Yadav today called the political parties to begin the process of electing a new Prime Minister through the majority voting process. PTI

Gaza border riot: Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians
Gaza City: A week of violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip on Friday, with Israeli troops killing five persons in clashes on the border and Islamist movement Hamas calling for more unrest. A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel and the West Bank, including a revenge attack by a Jewish suspect that wounded two Palestinians and two Arab Israelis. AFP

Discharged British Ebola nurse back in hospital
London: A Scottish nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone last year but had seemingly made a full recovery was back in hospital in a serious condition on Friday after suffering a late complication from the disease. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was transferred from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London early on Friday, the Royal Free said. Reuters

Pak probably most dangerous nation: CIA ex-official 
Washington: Pakistan is probably the most dangerous country for the world as it is ripe with the threats of terrorism, a failing economy and the fastest growing nuclear arsenal, a retired CIA official has said. "While Pakistan is not the most dangerous country in the world, it is probably the most dangerous country for the world, and as such, a serious case for close and continued US engagement with Pakistan can be made," Kevin Hulbert, a former top intelligence officer who retired in June 2014, wrote in an op-ed in The Cipher Brief. PTI

Indian-American teens among NASA contest’s finalists 
Washington: Two Indian-American teenagers figured among 10 finalists of NASA's national 3-D Space Container Challenge which asked students to design models of containers that could help astronauts keep things in order in space. However, both Rajan Vivek from Arizona and Prasanna Krishnamoorthy from Delaware failed to win the competition which went to Ryan Beam of California.  PTI