SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi: ministry
Riyadh. A Saudi man who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry announced on Monday on its Internet website, AFP reports.

Nigeria says it has retaken five Islamist strongholds
Abuja. Nigeria's military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants, AFP reports.

Regional administration officers in Sofia conduct check about reportedly stolen electoral rolls
Sofia. Officers with the regional administration in the region of Slatina in the Bulgarian capital Sofia have conducted a check into the signal about stolen electoral rolls in the region, FOCUS News Agency reported.