
PAKISTAN
Police officer shot dead in Peshawar
Pro-Taliban militants gun down a senior police officer from the department of counterterrorism in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan.

Pro-Taliban militants gun down a senior police officer from the department of counterterrorism in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan.

The Scottish government is to propose new laws to help convicted offenders find jobs once they finish their sentences.

Three men have been shot and wounded when suspected gang members opened fire on them in Los Angeles.

The president of the Confederation of British Industry says businesses need to speak out in support of the country's membership in the European Union.

Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters push al-Qaeda terrorists out of the city of Houta in Lahij Province.

British children are becoming obese at younger ages, according to a major study.

A mortar shell kills a teacher and injures nearly two dozen pupils at a school in the Syrian capital.

A new justice minister, known for his hostility toward the Muslim Brotherhood, is sworn in in Egypt.

An Iranian official says international companies are waiting for post-sanctions period to start investment in Iran.

The Pentagons says dozens of US military vehicles have been abandoned by Iraqi troops in Ramadi.

A Saudi soldier is reportedly killed in the kingdom’s southwest during border clashes with Yemen's Houthi fighters.

The Golden State Warriors win the first game of their NBA Western Conference finals against the visiting Houston Rockets.

A Burundian soldier is killed after being shot in the heart by police, says trooper.

The outcome of the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 will be glory for the Iranian nation, President Rouhani says.

A political analyst says Saudi Arabia's crimes against Yemeni people are similar to that of Israelis in Gaza

The Japanese governor of Okinawa vows to continue his fight against the construction of a US airbase.

A black man who spent nearly 40 years in prison for a murder he did not commit has filed a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland .

UNICEF says dozens of children have been killed, raped or abducted in South Sudan's northern Unity State.