AFP, MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Relatives of a Pakistani death row prisoner said yesterday they "felt a wave of life" when his execution was halted to examine claims he was a juvenile when the crime was committed. The reprieve for Shafqat Hussain, sentenced to hang for killing a seven-year-old…

AFP, ROME: Italy's government on Monday slammed the country's powerful northern regions for their "unjust" refusal to accommodate more migrants, begging the question of where thousands of incoming refugees will find shelter. The previous day Lombardy's president Roberto Maroni…

AFP, WASHINGTON: A US federal judge ordered Monday the release of the country's longest-serving solitary confinement prisoner, who was imprisoned as such almost 43 years. Albert Woodfox, 68, was placed in solitary confinement at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and other facilities in the…

AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will lodge a diplomatic protest against an alleged incursion by a Chinese Coast Guard ship into its waters off Borneo island in the disputed South China Sea, a top naval official said yesterday amid a continuing standoff with the vessel. Navy Chief Abdul Aziz Jaafar said…

AFP, JERUSALEM: CIA chief John Brennan made a "secret" visit to Israel last week to discuss an emerging nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported yesterday. It came as a June 30 deadline looms for a deal that would row back Iran's nuclear programme…

AFP, MUMBAI: Mumbai's ornate horse-drawn carriages are nearing the end of the road after a court in the Indian city ruled them illegal, saying owners must wind up operations within a year. The silver-coloured Victorias -- styled on open carriages used during Queen Victoria's reign -- have been…