AFP, NEW DELHI:  India's top court yesterday rejected a final appeal by Yakub Memon, a key plotter of a series of bomb attacks that killed hundreds in Mumbai two decades ago, paving the way for his execution. Media reports said Memon would hang on July 30 -- more than two decades after the…

AFP, BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Burundians voted yesterday amid gunfire and grenade blasts, with President Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third term despite international condemnation and thousands of people fleeing feared violence. At least two people -- a policeman and a civilian -- were killed…

AFP, CAEN: Furious over low milk and meat prices, French farmers blockaded access to Mont Saint-Michel, one of the country's top tourist spots, for a second day on Tuesday. Dairy, beef and pork farmers in Europe's leading agricultural power rolled out dozens of tractors to block roads leading…

AFP, JERUSALEM: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to try to ease tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, as the Israeli leader urged lawmakers in Washington to reject the hard-won agreement. The two men greeted each other with a long handshake before entering…

AFP, PHNOM PENH:  A group of 11 Cambodian opposition members and activists were jailed on insurrection charges yesterday, a defence lawyer said, including three who received a 20-year sentence. Those jailed are from the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and were arrested during…