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Pakistani Graft Court Declares Finance Minister An Absconder
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was declared an absconder by an accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). ....
Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Hafiz Saeed
A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered the release from house arrest of terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. ....
Emmerson Mnangagwa To Take Oath As New President Of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned to the country on Wednesday and will be sworn in as President on Friday, succeeding friend-turned-foe Robert Mugabe.....
Myanmar, Bangladesh Sign Deal For Repatriation Of Rohingyas
The governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh on Thursday signed a MoU, clearing the way for the repatriation of the 622,000 Rohingya refugees who fled across the border to escape a military crackdown.....
UAE Orders Release Of 606 Prisoners Ahead Of National Day
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President, on Monday ordered the release of 606 inmates of Dubai's punitive and corrective institutions ahead of the UAE's 46th National Day, media reports said. ....
Pope Francis Arrives In Bangladesh
Pope Francis arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday, the second and last stop of his six-day two-nation South Asia tour. He became the first Catholic leader to visit Dhaka since 1986.....
World Leaders Gather In Nairobi For Pollution-free Planet
The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest decision making body on the environment with delegates from 193 countries, will gather in this Kenyan capital for three days from Monday to step up action to counter rising pollution levels. ....
Destroy Terror 'safe Havens' Or Else US Will: CIA Tells Pakistan
In a stern warning to Pakistan, the CIA chief has said if Islamabad does not eliminate terrorist "safe havens" in its territory, the US will do "everything" it can to destroy them....
Pakistani Youth Lands In Jail For Writing 'Hindustan Zindabad'
Expressing love for the word Hindustan, a Pakistani youth was arrested by police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.....
234 Killed, 400 Injured In Yemen Clashes
Death toll from week-long clashes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has increased to 234 people, while 400 others were wounded, including 383 severely injured, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Middle East said on Tuesday.....
