Imran Khan threatens to “shut down” Pakistan by December 16
Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan threatened to “shut down” the entire country by December 16 if the Nawaz Sharif Government failed to initiate an impartial probe into the alleged rigging in 2013 general elections. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief, in a rally here outside the... read more »
Mudgal Report: Three more questions Supreme Court should ask BCCI, Srinivas...
The Board for Control of Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) attempts to obfuscate the issues currently before the Supreme Court are not a new tactic. As lawyer Rahul Mehra detailed for ESPNcricinfo in a case before the Delhi High Court in 2004, “the BCCI board argued that it is a private... read more »
Trinamool targets Amit Shah in Parliament, to hold huge counter-rally in Ko...
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her home turf, Trinamool Congress launched a counter-attack in Parliament and will hold a public meeting in Kolkata. Placard-wielding Trinamool MPs held a demonstration... read more »
Egyptian court dismisses murder charge against Hosni Mubarak
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. The court also cleared Mubarak and a former oil minister of graft... read more »
Furious Cameron refuses to pay EU bill
British prime minister David Cameron’s troubled relationship with the EU plumbed new depths yesterday as he said Britain would not be paying more than €2.1bn in ‘top-up’ EU budget... read more »
UK told to pay £1.7bn extra to EU
The UK has been told it must pay an extra £1.7bn (2.1bn euros) towards the European Union’s budget because the economy has performed better than expected in recent years. The payment... read more »
Ebola in New York: Doctor tests positive for deadly disease after returning from west Afri...
Authorities in New York confirmed on Thursday night that a doctor who had recently returned to his home in Harlem after working for Doctors Without Borders in Guinea helping treat patients... read more »
Boko Haram Said to Abduct More Women in Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal — Scores of young women have been kidnapped in new abductions by Islamist militants in Nigeria, according to local journalists, a Roman Catholic bishop and news reports,... read more »
Islamic State among world’s richest militant groups: US
WASHINGTON: The Islamic State has fast become one of the world’s wealthiest terror groups, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion,... read more »
