A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison, her lawyer says. Some reports say Asia Bibi has boarded a plane but its destination was not known.   The Supreme Court ruling sparked protests from Islamists and the government had said it would bar her from leaving Pakistan.   Her ...

Eleven people were killed and 44 injured Wednesday when two buses collided on a road between Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott and the central city of Aleg, doctors and police said. Five passengers died in the crash and six more on their way to hospital in Aleg, a doctor said.   The 11 comprised six Mauritanians, two Ivorians, two Togolese and an ...

 US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. “We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well!” Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday.   The president had repeatedly criticised his top law enforcement official after he recused himself from the Russia investigation dogging the White House.   Mr Trump said Mr Sessions will ...

A Bangladeshi immigrant was convicted Tuesday of setting off a pipe bomb in New York City’s busiest subway station, disputing in court that he was supporting the Islamic State group and saying he was instead motivated by anger at President Donald Trump.   The unusual outburst by Akayed Ullah, who was convicted in Manhattan federal court of supporting the terrorist ...

Bangladesh won the ICC Women’s World T20 Qualifier 2018 in the Netherlands earlier this year to seal their spot in the World T20 in the Caribbean starting November 9, and are looking to make a statement there, source ICC.   For Salma Khatun’s side, it’s been a long journey to the Caribbean – literally and cricket-wise. They’re still battling jet ...

  A sign points to London’s Heathrow Airport in this file photograph. A runway lighting issue at London’s Heathrow Airport has caused delays to a number of early morning flights, the airport said in a statement Wednesday. Airline passengers in the United States and other international airports around the world took to social media to complain of being unable to ...

Somali refugee Ilhan Omar and social worker Rashida Tlaib, born to Palestinian immigrant parents, will be the first Muslim women in US Congress U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Ilhan Omar poses for a group photo with campaign volunteers in Minneapolis. Chicago, Nov 7 : US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, ...

A Malaysian court is scheduled Wednesday to set a new date for starting the defense phase of the trial for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader’s half brother. A High Court judge in August found there was enough evidence to infer that Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, along with four missing North ...

Staring down the potential loss of one-party control in Washington, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday’s election results a “tremendous success” for Republicans as his party maintained its hold on the Senate while Democrats picked up GOP-held seats in the House. Trump waited until late in the night to weigh in on the midterm vote, tweeting a succinct message that overlooked ...

US Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi vowed Tuesday to impose new “checks and balances” on Donald Trump’s administration — but also signaled it would not be all-out war with Republicans after her party seized the lower house of Congress. “Today is more than about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about restoring the constitution’s checks and balances to the Trump administration,” Pelosi told ...