An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in jail for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his rule. It is the first verdict he has received since his overthrow and is one of several trials he faces. Morsi was deposed by the military in July 20

Central Japan Railway's seven-car maglev train returns to the station after setting a new world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji. TOKYO: Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record Tuesday in a test run near Mount Fuji, smashing through the 600 kilometre (

JOHANNESBURG: Over 3,000 people from all walks of life participated in an annual charity walk here to honour Mahatma Gandhi who proposed his philosophy of Satyagraha while living in South Africa. Ministers, beauty queens and media personalities joined families in the 30th anniversary celebrations

One man died and another was hospitalised Monday after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan. Japanese forecasters had warned the 6.6 magnitude earthquake could cause a ts

CAIRO: An Egyptian court today sentenced 11 youths to death for their involvement in the deadliest sport- related incident in the soccer-crazy nation, the 2012 football riots in Port Said in which 74 fans were killed. The sentencing was referred to the Grand Mufti - the country's most senior reli

ISLAMABAD: Russia will invest a whopping USD 2 billion in Pakistan to build a 1,100-kilometre pipeline from southern port city of Karachi to Lahore to transport liquefied natural gas. "Pakistan and Russia have finalized an LNG pipeline deal in a recent meeting in Moscow and the two countries will

SANA'A, YEMEN:  UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen as he began the hunt for a new peace envoy to the war-torn country, where Al-Qaeda is expanding its territory. The plea follows more than three weeks of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition aimed at driving back Iran-

ROME: As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media said today, days after 400 were lost in another shipwreck. Four survivors told Italian police and humanitarian organisations that their inflatable vessel sank not long after leaving

(Reuters) - The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, resigned on Wednesday, according his official Facebook page, signaling the failure of U.N. efforts to end fierce fighting in the country. Benomar, a veteran Moroccan diplomat, brokered a 2011 transition plan aimed at quelling political

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia have agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercises as part of their enhanced defence cooperation, in a sign of increasing bonhomie between the Cold War-era adversaries. The agreement was reached during a meeting in Moscow between Pakistan defence minister Khawa

CAIRO: Egypt and Saudi Arabia are considering whether to hold joint military exercises in the kingdom as airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded Shia rebels in Yemen on Wednesday. The airstrikes targeting Yemeni rebels known as Houthis began on March 26 in an effort to halt their advance acro

The Saudi-led military coalition combating the Houthi advance in Yemen lauded on Tuesday a UN Security Council resolution imposing an arms embargo on the Iran-backed militias. The council voted 14 in favor. Russia abstained, saying some of its proposals for the resolution, drafted by council memb

TOKYO: A Japanese court on Tuesday issued a land mark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country's nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on. The district court in the central prefecture of Fukui made the temporary order in response to a bi

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton was on a campaign road trip deep into the US heartland on Monday after launching her bid to become the first woman to win the White House with a pledge to champion "everyday Americans." With an eye to putting behind her the jet-set image of a former first lady, secretary

Bangladesh has hanged a political leader sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Mohammad Qamaruzzaman, an assistant secretary-general of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami, refused to seek presidential clemency, as he became the sec

ABU DHABI: Iran's Arabic-language state TV network Al Alam said on Sunday its Twitter account had been hacked and a false report was posted that an Iran-allied rebel leader in Yemen had died. Al Alam has covered the crisis in Yemen since Saudi Arabia and Arab allies launched air strikes against t

KABUL: A suicide car bomber targeting foreign troops killed three Afghan civilians on Friday, while a dozen people on their way to a wedding were killed in a separate roadside blast, officials said. Afghanistan’s war with Taleban insurgents is grinding on after international troops ended their comb

LAHORE/NEW DELHI: Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been released from Paksitan's Adiala jail. Lakhvi was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, a day after Lahore high court (LHC) suspended his detention and ordered his immediate release. India had strongly reacted to the c