SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s priority will be to work for the restoration of statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region held under Indian occupation, which was stripped of autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory by India’s ruling Bharatiy...
A far-right extremist group member from Kentucky has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Dan Edwin Wilson communicated with militia groups, including the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters. He also conspired to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Tru...
A former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. Emmitt Martin is among five officers fired over Nichols’ fatal beating in January 2023, which was videotaped by five Black officers. Martin admitted to depriving Nichols of his civil rights and tampering wit...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed contentious sections from a February ruling related to the Ahmadiya community. The decision followed intense nationwide protests led by religious groups and the Council of Islamic Ideology. The court’s revised judgment, delivered by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, addresses objections to the term “preach” used...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club will host an “awards gala” on Sept. 5, celebrating individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. The event is being organized by pro-Trump PACs NEW GEN 47 and Vote Your Vision. It will honor contributors to the “Justice for All” […]...
A former attorney for the far-right group the Oath Keepers has pleaded guilty to charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Kellye SoRelle admitted to obstructing justice and unlawfully entering a restricted area. She faces up to 16 months in prison. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 17. SoRelle, who had […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A case has been filed against Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, eight members of her now-dissolved cabinet and police officers on charges of “crimes against humanity” and “genocide,” according to an official. The case was filed at the local International Crimes Tribun...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday overturned a conviction against Mohammed Yunus. “Professor Muhammad Yunus and three of his colleagues have been acquitted of labour charges,” one of his lawyers, Khaja Tanvir Ahmed, told AFP. “The court earlier this year sentenced them to six months in prison.R...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA)- A Pakistani national has been charged with murder-for-hire in an alleged plot to assassinate current and former government officials, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Asif Merchant, 46, arrived from Pakistan in April after spending time in Iran. He met an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman and paid him $...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US federal judge has scheduled a conference for Aug. 16 with defense and prosecution teams in an election interference case against former president Donald Trump, according to local media. The conference with District Judge Tanya Chutkan will determine a schedule for pretrial proceedings, according to a late Saturday co...
