Ex-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be given a hero’s burial, the Supreme Court decided Tuesday in a hugely controversial ruling which critics said would whitewash his crimes and divide the nation, reports AFP. The justices overwhelmingly endorsed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision…

Pakistani police have arrested two militants accused of assassinating one of the country’s best known Sufi musicians, a provincial minister said Monday, reports AFP. Amjad Sabri, a renowned Qawwal or sufi singer was shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorcycle in Karachi in June, triggering an…

Three out of eight Indian High Commission officials suspected of involvement in terrorist and subversive activities in Pakistan left for India yesterday, reports The Dawn. Anurag Singh, Vijay Kumar Verma and Madhavan Nanda Kumar, allegedly members of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), left for India…

A museum dedicated to Yasser Arafat, including the room where the Palestinian leader spent much of his final years under Israeli siege, will open on Wednesday ahead of the anniversary of his death, reports AFP. Current Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will formally open the Yasser Arafat Museum next…

Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition air strike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla yesterday, a security official said, reports AFP. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city under Al-Qaeda control until government troops and coalition special…

Cigarettes stuffed with grape leaves instead of tobacco, gardens on bombed-out rooftops, and batteries powered by rusted bicycles: In Syria’s besieged…