Yemen talks continue despite expired deadline

Different parties pull out of UN-brokered talks, accusing Houthi rebels of "intimidation" and seeking to stage a coup.

Critics of the UN-brokered talks have called them political cover for a Houthi coup in Yemen [Reuters]

Warring factions in Yemen are still discussing a possible solution to the country's political crisis in UN-brokered talks after a deadline set by Houthi forces in control of the capital expired. 
The Houthis did not make a statement after the expiration of the deadline on Wednesday afternoon, likely waiting for an announcement from the UN. 

Baghdad's decade-old curfew to be lifted

Curfew imposed on Iraqi capital 10 years ago to end beginning Saturday, state media reports.

A spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Brigade said Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi gave the directive to lift the curfew [EPA]

Iraq is to permanently lift a decade-old curfew on Baghdad beginning on Saturday, according to state TV.

Woman ties boyfriend to SUV and drags him until he dies

33 year old Jessica Kilde, of Ogema, Minnesota, has been charged with murder after she admitted killing her boyfriend by tying him to a truck and dragging him along a rural road.

Keke Napep driver burns to death after being allegedly chased by police men

According to our good friend Bonario Nnags who sent in the report, the incident happened early this morning at Gudu roundabout in Abuja. He said policemen in their van were

Ukraine crisis: Europe leaders in Ukraine peace bid

More than 5,000 people have been killed in the war in eastern Ukraine

French President Francois Hollande says he is heading to Ukraine with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to present a new peace initiative.

He said they will put forward the new plan before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.

Muslim Group Calls For The Execution Of ISIS Members

 Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning,   Al-Azhar has condemned the recent burning to death of a Jordanian pilot by terror group ISIS.

A video recently surfaced online showing the dastardly murder of the caged fighter pilot, Maaz al-Kassasbeh.

The captured pilot wore an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight

The group’s head Ahmed al-Tayib, expressed his “strong dismay at this cowardly act”.
This “requires the punishment mentioned in the Koran for these corrupt oppressors who fight against God and his prophet: killing, crucifixion or chopping of the limbs.”

World's Oldest Man Celebrates His 112th Birthday

The world’s oldest man Sakari Momoi has celebrated his 112th birthday with his family in Japan.
Sakari Momoi is a Japanese supercentenarian and is the world’s oldest living man. He took the title after Mr. Alexander Imich from United States passed awayat the age of 111 years and 124 days in 2014. Imich was only one day older than Momoi.

Sakari Momoi receives a certificate of the World’s Oldest Man by the Guiness World Records at a Tokyo hospital on August 20, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan