Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb alert

PARIS: The Eiffel Tower was completely evacuated Friday afternoon following a bomb alert, a police official told NU. The 324-metre-high iron tower was evacuated around 2 pm (12:30 GMT) and was later reopened. REUTERS

Plane crashes into US homes, 3 missing

EAST HAVEN: Connecticut officials said a small plane crashed near an airport and three people were missing, including two children inside a home that caught fire. East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo said the missing include the one person on the plane and two children in the house, aged 1 and 13. AP

UK police consider if BBC payments were criminal

London : Fraud squad detectives are examining whether large severance pay-offs to senior BBC managers which exceeded entitled amounts constituted criminal offences, London police said on Friday. REUTERS

Thousands rally for Morsi, clashes in rural Egypt

CAIRO: Thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi rallied in a protest camp around a Cairo mosque Friday, defying warnings from the army-installed government that they should give up and leave. Leaders of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood mounted a stage at Rabaa al-Adawiya to demand that he brought back to power. NU

Snowden's father seeks travel visa to Russia

McLEAN: The father of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for a travel visa to Russia and hopes to be able to visit his son as soon as next week. Lon Snowden, of Pennsylvania, has said he's been unable to speak directly to his son. AP