Young Pakistani seeking justice for ‘honor killings’ shot dead by nephew, police say
Pakistani police on Friday identified the suspected killer of a young rights campaigner, who fought for seven years for justice for five possible victims of so-called honor killings, as his nephew.
Factbox: Votes, boats and elephants: India’s colossal election by the numbers
India is expected to hold a general election starting next month in the world’s largest democratic exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second straight term.
EPP’s Weber: it’s up to Orban what political family he wants to be in
European People’s Party (EPP) group leader Manfred Weber said on Friday that it is up to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to decide on the political grouping he wants to be in.
Turkey says working to resolve impasse on F-35 jets in U.S. Congress
U.S. officials are telling Turkey that it would be “impossible” to pass the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets through Congress due to Ankara’s procurement of S-400 defence systems from Russia, but Turkey is working to resolve the issue, Turkish…
Former ItalianPM Berlusconi probed for corruption in Mediolanum case: source
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for alleged corruption in a case revolving round a stake his holding company Fininvest has in the asset manager Banca Mediolanum, a judicial source said on Friday.
No access to Pakistan religious school that India says it bombed
Pakistani security officials on Thursday prevented a Reuters team from climbing a hill in northeastern Pakistan to the site of a madrasa and a group of surrounding buildings that was targeted by Indian warplanes last week.
Death toll from attack on Shi’ite gathering in Afghan capital rises to 11
The number of people killed in a militant attack on a Shi’ite Muslim gathering in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has risen to 11, up from an earlier estimate of three, the interior ministry said on Friday.
62,000 uprooted in Islamic State battle crowd Syria displacement camp: U.N.
More than 62,000 people uprooted by fighting around Islamic State’s last pocket in Syria have flooded al-Hol displacement camp in Syria, with 5,200 arriving between March 5-7 and thousands more expected, the United Nations said on Friday.
Finland’s government resigns after healthcare reform fails
Finland’s government resigned on Friday after ditching plans to reform the healthcare system, a key policy, the Finnish president’s office said, throwing the country into political limbo.
Finland’s outgoing PM: ‘hugely disappointed’ at cabinet fall
Finland’s outgoing Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Friday he was “hugely disappointed” that his cabinet had to resign over its failure to pass a long-planned healthcare reform.
