AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced this week that authorities have executed 332 criminals and militants since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty in 2014, marking the first time an official tally has been released. The South Asian nation unveiled a grand National Action Plan (NAP) to curb militancy…

AFP, QUITO: Ecuador said Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can leave his hideout in its London embassy and go into exile in the South American country if Swedish prosecutors do not charge him after questioning him. “If they don’t charge him, he can leave. We hope we won’t…

AFP, ADEN: A drone attack believed to have been carried out by US forces killed three suspected Al-Qaeda members travelling in a car in southeast Yemen, security and tribal sources said Saturday. Tribesmen said a missile struck the vehicle in the Rafadh region of Shabwa province overnight, killing three.…

AFP, LONDON: Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other jihadist groups, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in comments reported Saturday. Meanwhile some 800 have made it through since 2012, with half of them still thought to be inside the war-torn…

AFP, NEW YORK: New Yorkers and politicians united in vigorous defence of America’s biggest city on Friday after Republican presidential candidate…

AFP, MALÉ, Maldives: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years following a controversial trial last year, has been granted permission to travel to Britain for surgery, the Maldives government said Saturday. “The government of Maldives has granted permission…