According to his relatives, a mentally challenged Malaysian man was killed in Singapore on Wednesday after losing a protracted legal struggle and despite international condemnation and clemency petitions. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was caught in 2009 for smuggling a minor amount of heroin into the city-state, which has some of the strictest drug prohibitions in the … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran has not reached the point of recognising the Taliban government in neighbouring Afghanistan, the foreign ministry said. “Today, we are basically not at the point of recognising the Taliban,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news conference. “We hope that the governing body of Afghanistan will move, through its actions, in a … Read more
KHARTOUM: Protesters were defiant on the streets of Sudan early Tuesday to denounce a military coup, as international condemnation of the country’s security forces ramped up with the UN Security Council expected to meet later. Telecommunications down, internet services limited Telecommunications were interrupted in Sudan a day after the country’s top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared a … Read more
