An Indian high court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of a Muslim stand-up comedian over allegedly objectionable comments against Hindu deities.A judgment in Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea was reserved by the High Court of the central Madhya Pradesh st…
An appeal against the detention of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny was rejected by the court on Thursday.Navalny’s lawyers applied for the release of their client arrested on Jan. 17 for “violating the probation period several times.”The M…
People should get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the same vendor, a Turkish scientist has said.Taking different types of jabs is not the “right approach”, said Dr. Afsin Emre Kayipmaz, a member of Turkey’s Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) adjourned the trial of a Central African Republic warlord Thursday for technical reasons.“The initial appearance hearing of suspect Mahamat Said Abdel Kani has adjourned for technical reasons and will resume tomor…
Pakistan’s top court on Thursday ordered the release of Omar Saeed Sheikh, prime accused in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl.In a brief order, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the provincial government against the earlier ver…
A court in Japan has ruled that the country’s law prohibiting citizens from having multiple nationalities is constitutional, local media reported on Thursday.The Tokyo District Court was hearing a case filed by eight people seeking to maintain their J…
The second-ranking official in the World Health Organization said Monday an upward trend in COVID-19 cases points to the world reaching 100,000 deaths a week soon as he spelled out the grim toll the virus has inflicted.WHO’s head of emergency services,…
A Turkish court on Monday handed down jail terms to 17 suspected members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) for orchestrating the 2016 defeated coup.They were accused of attempting to take control of the intelligence department and prevent i…
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A top ranking South African police officer was arrested on Monday over […]
