Arkansas executes killer for 4th lethal injection
Varner: Arkansas has executed its fourth inmate in eight days, wrapping up an accelerated schedule of lethal injections that was set to beat the expiration date of one of the drugs. Kenneth Williams, 38, was pronounced dead at 11.05 pm, 13 minutes after the execution began at the Cummins Unit prison at Varner.
30,000 people forced out from Nigerian slums
lagos: At least 30,000 people have been forcefully evicted from their slum housing in Nigeria.
lawyers say they’re the victims of a land grab as real estate developers move in to the commercial capital.
poll: Trump fares poorly among young Americans
New York: The approval rating for US President Donald Trump is at a low 32 per cent among young Americans, who gave him a poor score of 27 per cent on his race relations, according to a new poll on his first 100-day performance.
Russia seeks jail for church Pokemon hunter
Moscow: Russian prosecutors have called for a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for a blogger who hunted Pokemons in church, in a case that has drawn ire from rights activists.
Erdogan says to open ‘new page’ in Turkey-US
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday expressed confidence he would be able to open a “new page” in troubled relations with Washington at a meeting with his counterpart Donald Trump next month.
EU urged not to break off Turkey accession talks
Valletta: Germany on Friday urged fellow EU nations not to end membership talks with Turkey despite deep misgivings over its rights record because the country is key to European interests.