Bangladesh court convicts British reporter of contempt
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Tuesday (Dec 2) found an award-winning British journalist guilty of contempt for questioning the official death toll of three million in the country’s 1971 independence war. Judges from a special war crimes court ruled David Bergman’s blog in November 2011... read more »
IS stones to death two alleged gay men in Syria
DAMASCUS: Islamic State (IS) militants stoned to death two young men in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on charges of having “unlawful” sexual intercourse with other males, a monitoring group has reported. The first man, 20-year-old, was stoned to death at the al-Bakara... read more »
Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan
At least four polio workers, including three women, were killed on Wednesday in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province. The workers were going from their homes to a health centre when they were attacked near Eastern Bypass area of Quetta city. They were... read more »
Nepal bus crash death toll rises to 47 as more bodies found
Emergency workers found three bodies immediately after the crash in mountainous Jajarkot district on Thursday, and pulled another 44 from the wreckage of the bus over the weekend. “The confirmed death toll so far is 47,” said Jajarkot police chief Dinesh Raj Mainali. “We have... read more »
