Imran Khan government to defend Musharraf

Islamabad/New Delhi (IANS) Pakistan government has decided to defend former President and Army chief Pervez Musharraf, who was granted death sentence on Tuesday by a special court in a case of high treason.

Anwar Mansoor, the Attorney General…

Death toll rises to 16 in southwest China coal, gas outburst

Guiyang (China) (IANS) Sixteen miners were killed after a coal and gas outburst happened at a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The accident happened on Tuesday, local authorities said on Wednesday, reported Xinhua news agency.

Musharraf sentenced to death in high treason case

Islamabad (IANS) In a first in Pakistan's history, a three-member bench of a special court here on Tuesday sentenced former President Pervez Musharraf to death in the long-drawn high treason case against him.

This is the first time in the…

Democrats propose roadmap for Trump's Senate trial

Washington (IANS) Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress have proposed a roadmap to a possible Senate trial of President Donald Trump which would include new testimony from former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton and acting White…

China protests with US over officials' expulsion

Beijing (IANS) China on Monday denied the allegations that two of its diplomats tried to enter a sensitive US military facility, and has lodged stern representations with Washington over the expulsion of the embassy officials accused of espionage.

White Island's volcano eruption death toll hits 15

Wellington (IANS) A recovery team landing on White Island to search for the two deceased who remained unaccounted for was not able to find the bodies while the death toll of the volcanic eruption increased to 15, the New Zealand Police said on Sunday.

British-Muslims fear for their future under Johnson govt

London (IANS) British-Muslims have said that they feared for their future under a new Boris Johnson government after his landslide win in the December 12 general election, a media report said on Saturday.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)…

Nearly 900,000 need humanitarian assistance in Libya: UN

Tripoli (IANS) Nearly 900,000 people in Libya would need humanitarian assistance in 2020, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

"An estimate of 897,000 people are considered to be in need of humanitarian assistance…

US envoy defends sanctions on Iran amid doubts

Washington (IANS) Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran, has defended the American sanctions policy on Tehran when experts raised doubts about its effectiveness.

"The sanctions we have imposed on the (Iranian) regime are the toughest…

Suu Kyi rejects Rohingya genocide charge in UN court

The Hague (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected the genocide allegations against Myanmar's military amid accusations of mass killings, rape, and expulsion of the Rohingya Muslim minority.

In her opening…