No deal with US Osama doc: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said there was “no deal” with the US for the release of an imprisoned doctor, who helped CIA track down Osama bin laden in 2011. Dr Shakeel Afridi was arrested after Osama was killed in a covert US raid at a compound in Pakistan's Abbotabad city on May 2, 2011.
More women accuse CBS anchor of misdeed
New York: More than two dozen additional women have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against former CBS News anchor Charlie Rose, and the Washington Post says that on least three occasions, managers were alerted about his questionable behaviour.
No guns at NRA when Trump, pence speaks
Dallas: Attendees at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas can carry their firearms — except during the forum where President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence speak on Friday. A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend Friday. Pence had already been slated to speak at Friday’s leadership forum.
May faces test of power as local polls open
london: local polls for council and mayoral seats opened across England, first electoral test for PM Theresa May since the snap general election last year. May’s Conservative Party in June last year suffered a major blow in the election after it failed spectacularly to maintain its majority in Parliament, creating new uncertainties ahead of the Brexit negotiations.
Sandra Bullock stalker found dead
los Angeles: Joshua James Corbett, who was once convicted of stalking actor Sandra Bullock, was found dead at his residence after a five-hour-long standoff with the SWAT.