Pakistani police arrest 4 more suspects in connection with woman who was st...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani police say they have arrested four more people in connection with the killing of a woman who was beaten and stoned to death by her family for marrying without their permission. The police spokesman in Lahore, Nayab Haider Rizvi, said police arrested the four men late... read more »
43 injured in China quake
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted a county in China’s Yunnan province Friday, injuring 43 people and forcing the evacuation of 35,000 people. The quake hit Yingjiang county under Dai-Jingpo autonomous prefecture of Dehong at 9:20 a.m., Xinhua quoted the China Earthquake Networks Centre as... read more »
Iran reports its first death from MERS virus
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s official news agency is reporting the Islamic Republic has suffered its first fatality from the Middle Eastern respiratory virus. The IRNA news agency’s report on Thursday quoted health ministry official Mohammad Mahdi Gouya as saying the virus has killed a... read more »
Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to victory in presidential vote
CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional results showed on Thursday, joining a long line of leaders drawn from the military. But a lower than expected turnout figure raised questions... read more »
