Doctor to appeal sentence over Bin Laden’s capture
A Pakistani court is to hear an appeal to free a doctor accused of helping the US track down al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Shakil...
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Hostage swap: Taliban commanders, Indians freed
Eleven senior members of Afghanistan’s Taliban group have been set free in exchange for three abducted Indian engineers. Among The Taliban members reported freed was...
Hong Kong violence: Lam invokes emergency measures
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has invoked emergency powers for the first time in more than fifty years. The city’s embattled chief executive announced the...
NKorea fires missile ahead of talks
North Korea has launched a ballistic missile from off its east coast. The missile, described by some Western sources as submarine-launched, was fired on Wednesday,...
Several scores killed in fresh India floods
Flooding and heavy rains have killed over 100 people in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Officials say railway traffic, vehicular movement, healthcare...
Pakistan earthquake death toll reaches 37
The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake that struck the Pakistani part of the disputed Kashmir region has risen to thirty-seven, according to a local official....
30 Afghans die in US drone strike
A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan has killed at least thirty civilians resting after a day’s labor in...
Taliban attack destroys Afghan hospital, kills 20
A deadly early morning truck bomb has destroyed a hospital in southern Afghanistan, killing at least twenty people and wounding more than ninety others. The...
Stop elections or ‘die’ – Taliban warns Afghans
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan has threatened teachers, students and other education workers with death if they fail to block the upcoming presidential election. “Do...
30 die in Taliban attack, Afghan president escapes
A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked an election rally in Afghanistan’s Central Parwan Province, killing at least thirty people and wounding thirty-one others. The attack,...