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Musharraf will return to Pak on May 1: Lawyer

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who is facing high treason case, is likely to return to the country on May 1, his lawyer said on Saturday. A special court indicted General (retd) Musharraf, 75, for high treason in March 2014. He left for Dubai in 2016 to “seek medical treatment” and has not returned since.

17 dead in east Ukraine coal mine blast

Kiev: The death toll from a coal mine blast in a separatist eastern region of Ukraine rose to 17 on Saturday, rebel authorities said.

The gas blast on Thursday ripped through the mine in Yurievka village in the self-proclaimed republic of Lugansk, which broke away from Kiev in 2014 and is run by Moscow-backed rebels.

China police smash $30m fake Lego ring

Beijing: Chinese police have dismantled a ring accused of manufacturing some $30 m worth of counterfeit Lego sold across the country, authorities said.

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