First Muslim female judge in US found dead
New York: Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first-ever female Muslim judge in US history and the first African-American woman to serve on New Yorks highest court, was found dead in the Hudson River, police said.
Hafiz Saeed’s plea: court issues notices to govts
lahore: A new bench of the lahore High Court has issued notices to the Pakistan and Punjab Governments on a petition challenging detention of Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and his four aides.
ISIS-related offences in UK: girl charged
london: A 17-year-old girl in the UK has been charged with terrorism offences for being in contact with an ISIS jehadi and attempting to join the terror group, Scotland Yard said on Thursday.
HC stays 4 arson cases against Khaleda Zia
Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief as the High Court stayed the trial against her in four separate vandalism and arson cases.
Diarrhoea kills over 500 in Somalia since Jan: UN
Geneva: Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of Somalia since January, the United Nations said on Thursday.
22 die in fire at religious retreat in Senegal
Dakar: A fire ripped through makeshift shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede, firefighters said on Thursday.
Turkey: 412 Kurdish militants detained
Ankara: Turkey’s Interior Ministry says police have detained 412 suspected Kurdish militants in a security sweep. The Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects were rounded up in police operations in 21 provinces late on Wednesday.
roadside mine kills 3 people in Afghan
Kabul: An Afghan official says a roadside mine has killed three people in eastern Paktya province. Abdullah Asrat, spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Thursday that a mine triggered by a civilian car exploded, killing three people and wounding two, a mother and her child.