Israel Approves Jailing ‘Terrorists’ From Age 12 by AFP August 3, 2016 by AFP August 3, 2016 Controversial legislation allows children 12 and over to be convicted and punished as terrorists. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Thousands of Pakistanis Stranded in Saudi Arabia by AFP August 3, 2016 by AFP August 3, 2016 Jobless Asians struggle to recoup back pay, return to their homelands as oil glut prompts suspension of Gulf kingdom’s construction projects. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Clinton Regains Lead on Trump After Convention by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Latest polls show Democratic candidate beating her Republican rival by seven to nine points. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Turkey Admits Some Crackdown Dismissals May be ‘Unfair’ by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Prime Minister Yildirim tells U.S. general ‘distinctions’ will be made between guilty and innocent. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
FBI Technician Pleads Guilty to Working for China by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Naturalized U.S. citizen says he was collecting sensitive information and passing it onto Chinese officials for financial rewards. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Obama Slams ‘Trash-Talking’ of U.S. Military by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 In apparent reference to Republican candidate Donald Trump, U.S. president praises sacrifices of Gold Star families. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
PIA Staff Quizzed After Drug Seizure by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Spokesman says formal charges and punishment will depend on result of ongoing investigation. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
France Has Shuttered 20 Mosques Since December by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Interior minister says the closed religious spaces were found to be preaching radical Islam. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
McCain Slams Trump for Disparaging Khan Family by AFP August 2, 2016 by AFP August 2, 2016 Republican senator says party candidate for White House does not have ‘license’ to defame parents of slain soldier. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Gunmen Kill Shias in Quetta by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Police say the apparent sectarian killing targeted the Hazara minority. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Afghan Chief Executive’s Twitter Account Hacked by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Group sympathetic to minority Shia Hazara community claims responsibility. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Rights Group Seeks Prosecution of ‘Abusive’ Afghan Militias by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Human Rights Watch says the militias are accused of killings, looting during anti-Taliban operation. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Mother, Daughter Allege Gang-Rape in India by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Family says six men raped the woman and her 14-year-old daughter on a busy highway outside New Delhi. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Thousands Protest Attack on Low-Caste Indians by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Dalits demand justice for an attack by cow protection vigilantes. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Extremists Killed in Police Shootout by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Police claim the dead were caught in crossfire and killed by their own men. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Taliban Truck Bomb Targets Hotel for Foreigners by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 No hotel guests, staff hurt in Kabul attack that left one policeman dead. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
The Afghan Woman Fighting Sexism in a Man’s World by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Masooma Muradi, the war-torn country’s only woman governor, is fighting against calls for her ouster from religious conservatives and opponents. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Pope Francis Says Islam is Not Terrorism by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 In media engagement, the leader of the Catholic Church says every religion has its small group of violent fundamentalists. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
‘I’ve Made Sacrifices’ by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 Trump hits back at slain soldier’s father, who has accused Republican presidential candidate of vilifying American Muslims. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
India to Feed Thousands of Stranded Gulf Workers by AFP August 1, 2016 by AFP August 1, 2016 New Delhi says migrant workers are starving after losing their jobs and not being paid wages in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail