PEMRA bans televangelist Amir Liaquat for 30 daysThe Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has banned televangelist and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Amir Liaquat from appearing on television for the month of Ramazan, according to reports...
Declassified US cables link Uribe to Colombia drug cartelsAs Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's most powerful politician, was making his rise to the presidency more than two decades ago, US officials were repeatedly told that the up-and-coming politician had ties to t...
Cameroon anglophone leader gets 15 years’ jail for ‘terrorism’A leader of Cameroon’s English-speaking community was handed a 15-year prison sentence on Friday over his alleged role in the anglophones’ fight for their rights in the French-majority country. The mi...
Xi calls for international cooperation in big dataBEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for enhanced international exchange and cooperation in the development of the big data industry. Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter...
Kidnap charge spotlights justice divide in Mexican electionAn ex-member of an informal police force running for Mexico’s Senate is battling attacks labeling her a ‘kidnapper,’ drawing attention to radical proposals by her ally, presidential candidate Andres M...
Thousands march in France against Macron reformsTens of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest against Emmanuel Macron's policies, but the president said nothing would stop his economic reforms. The marches, wh...
Nearly 1,500 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in two daysAround 1,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday and Friday in operations involving the Italian navy and ships chartered by NGOs and the EU border agency Frontex, the Italian coastg...
Rights groups slam Algeria blogger’s ‘shocking’ prison termAmnesty International and Reporters Without Borders on Friday hit out at a 10-year prison term handed to an Algerian blogger, describing it as ‘shocking’ and ‘unjustified’. Merzoug Touati was sentence...
Trump’s dizzying shifts on issues from NK, guns, health careFrom "Little Rocket Man" to the scheduling of a historic peace summit and back again, President Donald Trump's dizzying back-and-forth on North Korea is par for the course for a president who likes to...
California university president resigns as abuse scandal widensThe president of a top California university resigned Friday in the wake of a growing scandal over a former campus gynecologist who stands accused of sexually abusing thousands of students over a peri...
Ireland ends abortion ban as ‘quiet revolution’ transforms countryIreland has voted by a landslide to liberalise some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws in what its prime minister described as the culmination of a "quiet revolution" in what was one of Eur...
Political crisis deepens in Comoros over controversial presidentThe Comoros islands boasts dramatic volcanic landscapes, ylang-ylang essential oils and picture-perfect beaches, but beneath this idyllic image, a complex political crisis is worsening. At its heart i...
Brazil government orders troops to clear strikers’ blockadesBrazil's government raised the stakes in its tense standoff with striking truckers Friday, ordering troops onto the streets to clear huge blockades that have left much of the country paralyzed. The co...
Ex-Panama president’s jail letter blames US for extraditionFormer Panama president Ricardo Martinelli, jailed in Miami on spying charges while awaiting extradition to his home country, said in a letter released Friday that the United States reneged on promise...
Summit or not, giant gulf separates US-NKorea on nukesEven if conciliatory rhetoric revives US-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are still left with the gaping disconnect over what a deal on North Korea's nukes would look l...
In an Iraqi village, a little girl hides skin disease from neighboursFour-year-old Iraqi girl Haura should be enjoying her childhood -- games in the street, tearing in and out of friends' homes and small squabbles over toys. Instead, a rare congenital skin condition co...
US warns Syria of ‘firm’ measures for ceasefire violationsThe United States warned Syria on Friday it would take "firm and appropriate measures" in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was concerned about reports of an impending military operation in...
Colombia to become first Latin American NATO ‘global partner’Colombia will next week formally become NATO's first Latin American "global partner," President Juan Manuel Santos announced Friday. Santos, who won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a...
Hawaii street swallowed by ‘lava tide’ as many more homes burnA tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge...
Indiana middle schooler with two guns shoots teacher, studentA student armed with two handguns shot a teacher and another student at a school in Indiana on Friday, and media reports said the teacher swatted away the shooter's guns and wrestled him to the ground...
US EPA chief’s security bill soars, agency cites death threatsUS Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's security detail has cost taxpayers well over $3 million so far, up sharply from his predecessor during an equivalent period, according to detail...