A prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader has been granted bail pending appeal against a five-year jail sentence for insulting the emir. Mussallam al-Barrak, a former MP,
(Reuters) – North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it would not give up its nuclear weapons, rejecting a U.S. condition for talks although it said it was
(Reuters) – Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Delhi police on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured,
(Reuters) – A dozen small bombs exploded and mortar rounds landed near polling centers in Iraq on Saturday, wounding at least four people during voting
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake in rural areas of China’s south-western province of Sichuan. The 6.6-magnitude quake
Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf has been remanded in judicial custody for two weeks over claims he illegally detained judges in 2007. Mr Musharraf, who
(Reuters) – China called on Japan on Thursday to stop sending jets up against Chinese aircraft after Japan said it had scrambled its fighters twice as often in the
A Pakistani court has ordered the arrest of Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf over moves to impose house arrest on judges in March 2007. Mr