Militants launch attack on north Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have launched an attack on a Sunni-dominated city north of Baghdad, killing seven members of the security forces and taking control of some areas of the city. Police officials say the assault started on Thursday morning with dozens of gunmen driving into... read more »
Pakistan arrests brothers over woman’s stoning
Pakistani police have arrested two brothers who participated in a mob attack during which their sister was stoned to death with bricks for marrying against the family’s wishes, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Nayab Haider said the two men, Ghulam Ali and Zahid Ali, were arrested from a... read more »
Iraq attacks and shelling kill 35
BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people today, as politicians haggle over forming a new governing coalition after April elections. Iraq is going through its worst protracted spell of violence since it emerged from a brutal... read more »
Pakistan MQM leader Altaf Hussain’s arrest in London: Thousands block roads...
Karachi: Around 4,000 people blocked the main thoroughfare of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Tuesday to protest the arrest of Altaf Hussain, the powerful exiled leader of the MQM party. They were responding to a call by a senior party figure, Haider Abbas Rizvi, who said “Everyone should... read more »
