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February 20, 2019

War crimes court joins cases of CAR militiamen

The International Criminal Court in The Hague said Wednesday it will combine the cases of two ex-militiamen, including senior football official Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, for war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic (CAR). Ngaissona and Alfred Yekatom stand accused…

February 20, 2019

IS teen ‘shocked’ after UK revokes her citizenship

A British teen who joined the Islamic State group in Syria said Wednesday she was shocked by a government decision to revoke her citizenship and was considering applying to settle in The Netherlands, the homeland of her husband. Shamima Begum,…

February 20, 2019

Three AFP photographers nominated for World Press Photo Awards

Photographers for Agence France-Presse received four nominations Wednesday in the 2019 World Press Photo of the Year Award, with the winners to be announced at a gala event in April. Kinshasa-based photographer John Wessels received two nominations in the General…

February 19, 2019

Pakistan accuses Indian on death row of ‘terrorism’ at UN court

An Indian man on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying committed “terrorist acts” including targeted killings and kidnappings on New Delhi’s orders “to create anarchy”, Islamabad’s lawyers told the UN’s top court on Tuesday. On the second day of…

February 19, 2019

Pakistan tells UN court Indian on death row is a ‘terrorist’

An Indian man on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying committed “terrorist acts” including targeted killings and kidnappings on New Delhi’s orders “to create anarchy”, Islamabad’s lawyers told UN’s top court on Tuesday. Islamabad’s lawyers opened their case on…

February 18, 2019

Death row ‘spy’ in Pakistan must be freed, India tells UN court

Islamabad should be ordered to immediately free an Indian man sentenced to death for alleged spying in Pakistan, India’s lawyers told the UN’s top court Monday, saying his military trial was a “farcical case” based on “malicious propaganda”. The hearing…

February 18, 2019

Death row ‘spy’ in Pakistan ‘must be freed’, India tells UN court

Islamabad should be ordered to free an Indian man sentenced to death for alleged spying in Pakistan, India’s lawyers told the UN’s top court Monday, saying his military trial was a “farcical case” based on “malicious propaganda”. The hearing concerning…

February 18, 2019

India, Pakistan ‘spy’ row heads for UN top court amid tensions

India will on Monday renew its bid to persuade international judges to take an alleged spy off death row in Pakistan, in a controversial court case as fresh bloodshed in Kashmir sends tensions between the neighbours soaring. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav,…

February 16, 2019

India, Pakistan in UN court for death row ‘spy’ case

India will ask the UN’s top court Monday to order Pakistan to take an alleged Indian spy off death row, in a case that could stoke fresh tensions after a deadly attack in Kashmir. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was arrested in…