Resolution tabled in NYC to decide on Yoga Day
New York: A resolution has been tabled in the New York City Council to recognise June 21 as ‘World Yoga Day’ here in line with the United Nations’ decision to commemorate the day annually.
Regime bombing kills 21 in north Syria: monitor
Beirut: Air strikes by Syrian Government forces killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 on Wednesday in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said.
Pakistan executes another prisoner
lahore: Pakistan on Wednesday hanged another prisoner in Punjab province convicted for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl, taking to 101 the number of executions since the country reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December.
71 Islamists get life in jail
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 71 Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison for attacking and torching a church in Giza city in 2013.