A US appeals court has lifted a stay of execution on the only woman awaiting a federal death penalty. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in 2004. If the execution goes ahead, she will be the first female federal inmate

US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended a pair of immigration bans that block many "green card" applicants and temporary foreign workers from entering the country, measures he says are needed to protect US workers amid the pandemic-battered economy. The bans, which

A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force. Boris Johnson said the

Restrictions are being placed on New Year festivities around the world as many countries struggle to curb new spikes in coronavirus cases. Fireworks displays and other public gatherings have been cancelled from Sydney to New York. Festivities are being particularly muted in Europe,

Terming Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan government "illegitimate" and "incompetent", Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said supporters of the government are "culprits" and involved in all the problems being faced by the country

Senior US Diplomat Robert A Destro on Monday condoled the death of activist Karima Baloch who was found dead in Canada last week under mysterious circumstances. “Saddened by the passing of activist Karima Baloch last week. She fiercely defended women’s rights, campaigned

Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, is a stickler when it comes to legal jurisdiction. When asked to rule on whether the People’s Republic of China should face the court over the brutal treatment of its Uighur minority,

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, officials say. There was at least one explosion shortly after a plane carrying the war-torn country's newly formed government arrived from neighbouring

A bus has been attacked in eastern Syria, killing at least 28 people, reportedly soliders. Syrian state media said the bus was targeted on Wednesday in the restive Deir al-Zour province, saying it was "citizens" killed. But other sources including a monitoring group said

Argentina has become the largest Latin American country to legalise abortion after its senate approved the historic law change by 38 votes in favour to 29 against, with one abstention. Elated pro-choice campaigners who had been keeping vigil outside Buenos Aires’s neoclassical

At least 10 people were killed Wednesday as explosions rocked Yemen's Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what officials charged was a "cowardly" attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. "Dozens" more people were wounded, a medical source

Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in northeast Nigeria, security sources said Tuesday. Seven hunters recruited to help the military fight the Islamist insurgents were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a landmine

A Chinese court sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists to between seven months and three years in jail on Wednesday (Dec 30) for illegally crossing the border, in a case that has drawn international attention and concern over the defendants' treatment. The group had all faced charges in

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The sale comes in the final days of US President Donald Trump's term. President-elect Joe

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's Office said the scheme will ensure universal health coverage, and focus on providing

Days after Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed Islamabad for violating Afghanistan’s national sovereignty by allowing Taliban leaders to operate from Pakistani territory, Pakistan has officially taken credit for “facilitating talks” between the Kabul

In a major setback for Pakistan, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has decided to extend the ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for another three months. The EASA on Saturday informed that the PIA that the ban would only be lifted after a safety audit of the

A police officer in the US state of Ohio's Columbus city, who shot and killed an unarmed African-American Andre Hill, was fired on Monday, according to a statement from Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. Adam Coy's termination follows a disciplinary hearing held earlier in

Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organised crime, corruption or

Agencies critical to US security have suffered "enormous damage" at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said. Biden said his team was not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defense, as it makes its