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Gul Nawaz was the last remaining absconding accused in the case, after the arrest of one Javed from Delhi last year and Odisha-based Habibur Rehman alias Habib on arrival in Delhi from Riyadh in 2018. Nayeem was arrested in 2017.

The Qureshi family, comprising Parveen, her husband Shabbir Qureshi and their four children Shahid (8), Sadiq (6), Mariyam (4) and Museb (two-and-a-half years old) had moved into the building during the lockdown, as they could not find an alternate accommodation.

Half a dozen major Pakistani opposition parties have joined forces to denounce the military which they accuse of meddling in politics and rigging the 2018 elections to bring Prime Minister Imran Khan to power.

Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif broke a nearly yearlong silence from exile in London to vow to oust Imran Khan from office, accusing him of only reaching power through a vote rigged by the country's powerful military.

Demanding Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s immediate resignation, the country’s major Opposition parties have launched an alliance to hold a countrywide protest movement to oust his government. A 26-point joint resolution was adopted on Sunday by the All Parties Conference (APC), which was hosted by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and attended by Pakistan Muslim […]

Pakistans military says two soldiers have been killed and four wounded in a shootout with militants

Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, has been living in London since November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for treatment.

Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh, said the three militants had come to Rajouri, in Jammu division, from the Valley to collect the airdropped weapons and cash.

Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, has been living in London since November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for treatment.

Since March the Pakistan Taliban has unleashed a wave of attacks on Pakistani security forces, killing 40 soldiers.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece and Turkey are close to reviving talks on long-standing maritime disputes following a tense standoff over rights to exploit potential offshore natural gas deposits in...

Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday, after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens.

Turkish president targets staff of Dimokratia, a right-wing newspaper which published a headline swearing at him.

Turkish payment systems firm Papara has mandated Raiffeisen Bank to arrange a minority stake sale, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the agreement, with two saying offers worth at least $250 million had been received.

Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday, after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens.

Despite raging rhetoric between Turkey and Greece, island dwellers pay little heed to 'children's games'.

Turkey and Greece could soon resume talks over their contested Mediterranean claims but European Union leaders meeting this week will not help if they threaten sanctions, Turkey's presidential spokesman said on Sunday.

Resurgent coronavirus cases in Turkey are fuelling tensions between doctors who say the official figures underplay the scale of the outbreak and politicians who accuse the country's medical association of undermining efforts to contain it.

Turkeys effort to influence the Trump White House began at the Watergate, in a meeting brokered by a figure from the Ukraine impeachment saga, Lev Parnas.

Oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean has sparked a dispute between NATO neighbours Turkey and Greece.

Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions, even as it seeks the judge's recusal for alleged bias.

The court also observed that the situation returned to normal with the Covid outbreak. There were some supervening circumstances which came into play and it was no ones hand, it said.

Over 400 protesters were detained Sunday in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, after demanding President Alexander Lukashenko resign.

President Donald Trump mocked the moment MSNBC's Ali Velshi said he got hit with a rubber bullet while reporting live in Minnesota in May.

Tens of thousands of Belarusians calling for the president’s resignation marched through the capital Sunday as the countrys wave of protests entered...

Police in Belarus say they detained more than 400 protesters who took part in Sunday demonstrations demanding the resignation of the nations authoritarian president following a disputed vote

BANGKOK (AP) A plaque symbolizing Thailand's transition to democracy has been removed...

In the beginning, the opposition tried to persuade the police to switch sides and help topple the regime now they are naming and shaming

The modern crop of American leftist revolutionaries are a curious bunch. These are the children of the high bourgeoisie, often women, cosplaying the revolution until they get arrested and suddenly playtime turns into hard time.

Portland protesters returned to the streets over the weekend -- after a brief respite due to raging West Coast wildfires, according to reports.

Over a 100 people were arrested at Sunday's protest in Minsk and other cities, a day after over 400 women were arrested at peaceful women's marches.

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk Sunday, defying a heavy security presence that included water cannon and armoured vehicles.

More than 100,000 people marched through Minsk on Sunday on the sixth straight weekend of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, keeping up the pressure on the veteran Belarusian leader to quit.

Thousands of UN, French and regional soldiers are in Mali fighting Islamist militants - what difference will the coup make?

Six decades after effectively gaining independence from France, Mali facing political uncertainty, major security woes.

Ex-defence minister appointed Mali's transition leader

The move to have Col. Assimi Goita serve as vice-president is likely to be immediately rejected by the international community, which has called on Malis junta to restore civilian rule as soon as possible or face additional sanctions

The head of Malis military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup.

H ealth worker Estelle Sanon looked on helplessly as a woman tried to make her squirming baby drink a mug of malaria medicine outside their house in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) The head of Malis military junta said Monday he will serve as...

BAMAKO, Mali - The head of Malis military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice-president in a transitional government that is supposed to brin...

The head of Malis military junta says he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup detat

The new president is to lead the country for several months before staging elections, returning Mali to civilian rule.

Former Mali defence minister and retired colonel Bah Ndaw was named interim president on Monday while the leader of the junta that seized power last month, Colonel Assimi Goita, was appointed vice president, Goita said in a statement.

Mali held a state funeral for ex-dictator Moussa Traore on Friday, attended by the head of the ruling military junta and other former leaders of the Sahel state, according to AFP journalists.

After Lebanon blast, future lawsuits pile up against the state

President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going "to hell" if a new government was not formed, and said agreeing one could need a miracle after positions had hardened between rival factions.

Aouns stark warning comes as Lebanon struggles to contain a spiralling economic and financial crisis that threatens to nose-dive further in the coming weeks

BEIRUT (AP) Lebanon's president warned Monday that the crisis-hit country could be...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's president warned Monday that the crisis-hit country could be going to hell if a new government was not formed soon.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday that the country was going "to hell" if a government was not formed, as French efforts to encourage the formation of a new cabinet falter.

Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday called for cooperation from all sides in the formation of a new government and for efforts to secure the immediate success of a French initiative to lift the country from crisis.

Lebanon PM urges parties to help form overdue cabinet

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said on Monday all parties should cooperate to facilitate the formation of a new government and urged everyone to work so that a French initiative succeeds immediately.

Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace

Lebanon's top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shi'ite Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new government and causing political paralysis in a nation in deep crisis.

A party founded by Lebanon's Christian president made a proposal to end a dispute that has blocked the formation of a new cabinet and threatened a French drive to lift the country out of its worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.

The worlds often-divided nations have united to adopt a declaration commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations

The worlds often-divided nations have united to adopt a declaration commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations

The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organizations most important success since its founding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) The worlds often-divided nations united Monday to adopt a declaration commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, saying the urgency for all countries to come...

The best way to advance U.S. interests isnt to chastise the United Nationsits to participate actively in its proceedings.

The postwar institution designed to maintain global peace has fallen short of many goals, but on the whole succeeded.

A recorded speech by President Trump was scheduled but conspicuously missing as the United Nations commemorated its founding after World War II.

World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic and tensions between the United States and China challenge the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member world body.

NEW YORK (AP) In a normal September, leaders of nations big and small would converge on New York this week, giving the United States largest city a chance to...

The US has retreated from multilateralism during Trumps tenure, and the Covid-19 crisis is revealing the cracks in the system.

UN chief deplores lack of multilateral solutions on 75th anniversary

The United Nations was born out of the horrors of World War II. At the time of its foundation, it was primarily tasked with the goal of maintaining world peace and saving future generations from the evils of war.