World powers, Iran to resume N-talks on Dec 17

Geneva: World powers and Iran will resume talks here in Geneva on Tehran's nuclear programme next Wednesday, said a statement released by the European Union (EU) on Friday. The political directors of the P5+1 group and Iran will meet December 17 in Geneva “for a one-day meeting to continue diplomatic efforts towards reaching a long­term, comprehensive solution. IANS

German court foils bid to make Snowden testify
Berlin: Germany’s top court on Friday threw out an opposition bid to get whistle-blower Edward Snowden invited to testify in Berlin before a parliamentary committee inquiring into US spying activities in Germany. The court ruled that the suit filed by opposition parties was legally "inadmissible", Xinhua reported. IANS

Zagreb-Belgrade flights resume 23 years on
Zagreb: Zagreb and Belgrade on Friday resumed direct air links, 23 years after flights between the two capitals were scrapped over the 1990s war in Croatia. Air Serbia's flight from Serbia landed at Zagreb Pleso airport at 0800 GMT, becoming the first direct air link between the two capitals since 1991. AFP

Pakistan arrest 5 Al-Qaida India militants
Karachi: For the first time, Pakistani police have arrested five militants, including a top commander of the newly formed al-Qaeda India (AQI) group, which had carried out the deadly terror attack on the country's strategic naval dockyard here in September. They were planning another attack on the naval facility when arrested, senior CID police officer said. PTI

Indian charged with rape, sodomy in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: A 28-year-old Indian was on Friday charged by a court here for allegedly raping and sodomising an Indonesian woman in Malaysia. Mohamad Aslam Abdul Hameed admitted to raping the woman and causing hurt to her. The offences were allegedly committed at a hotel room here. PTI

British woman jailed for promoting terror on Facebook
London: A mother of six children, Runa Khan, from Luton has been jailed for five years and three months for promoting terrorism on Facebook wherein she posted pictures of a suicide vest and her children holding guns and swords. According to the BBC, Khan also passed details of a route to Syria to an undercover police officer. Judge Peter Birts QC said that what can be interpreted form the pictures is that Khan intended to radicalize others. The woman said in an interview that she was only posting her “belief”. She also said that she was not suggesting the killing of innocent people when she talked about jihad and that she spoke about suicide missions because it was a feared war tactic and should only be used in a battlefield. ANI

9 yrs on, Indian’s conviction overturned in Canada
Toronto: An Indian-origin man's sexual assault conviction in Canada that led to his imprisonment and deportation has been overturned by a Canadian court, about nine years after the guilty verdict against him. A Court of Appeal in British Columbia has thrown out the 2005 conviction, which the Crown later admitted was a "miscarriage of justice," of Gurdev Singh Dhillon. PTI

Man charged with murder of Sikh waiter in 1998
London: A man has been charged with murdering a Sikh waiter over 15 years ago, local media reported. 46-year-old Ronnie Coulter appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court in connection with Surjit Singh Chhokar's death in Overtown, North Lanarkshire in 1998, the Daily Record said. Chhokar, 32, was allegedly stabbed to death by Coutler. PTI

Indian fisherman found dead in Pak jail
Karachi: An Indian fisherman, Devo Mand Kansaro, 30, was on Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances in a jail here, prompting Pakistani authorities to order a probe into the death. Jail authorities claimed Kansaro, arrested in March for fishing in Pakistan’s waters in the Arabian sea, had died from natural causes after complaining chest pain and no torture marks were found on his body. PTI

Painful memories: Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi (L) comforts Malala Yousafzai as she burst into tears seeing her blood-stained school uniform at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Centre on Friday. AFP