Sharif’s family meet ailing leader in jail
Lahore: Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, including his mother and daughter, met him at the Kot Lakhpat jail here on Thursday, and voiced concern over his health, Pakistani media reported. Sharif, 69, is in jail since December last year, serving a
7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft case.
2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO
Kabul: Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan Friday, NATO said, in the latest casualties to hit the international coalition amid ongoing peace talks between Washington and the Taliban.
Almost 100 dead as Iraq ferry sinks
Mosul: Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq’s worst accident in years.