PARIS (Web Desk) France´s highest administrative court has upheld a decision to deny a French passport to an Algerian Muslim who refused to shake hands with officials during her citizenship ceremony, according to a ruling seen by AFP Thursday.The woman argued that her “religious beliefs” prevented her from shaking hands …

JUBA (Web Desk) South Sudan’s army chief General James Ajongo died in Cairo on Friday following a short illness, government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said.It is with a heavy heart that I announce the untimely death of General James Ajongo Madut, SPLA army’s chief of defence force,” Lueth said.Ajongo joined …

ISLAMABAD(Web Desk) The National Accountability Bureau today approved a probe into former president Pervez Musharraf’s disproportionate assets and misuse of authority.The anti-graft watchdog also approved a probe into Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Moonis Elahi’s corruption and an offshore company, as his name had appeared in the Panama Papers.Elahi …

DHAKA (Web Desk) The first rains of the year have flooded parts of the crowded Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, aid workers said Thursday, wreaking havoc and raising fears for nearly one million refugees ahead of the monsoon.A brief but heavy downpour turned roads into quagmires in the world’s largest refugee …

PARIS (Web Desk) Tens of thousands of striking rail workers, angry public sector staff and students rallied across France on Thursday against President Emmanuel Macron in what trade unions hoped would underline resistance nationwide to his reform efforts.Under sunny skies, thousands marched, chanted and carried anti-Macron banners in Paris as …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Four Saudi officers were shot dead and four others wounded Thursday when their checkpoint came under gunfire in southern Asir province, state media said citing the interior ministry.PM Abbasi reaches Saudi Arabia,Three officers were instantly killed when the outpost came under attack, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Memon to raise fresh ground before the Sindh High Court to seek bail in Rs5.76 billion corruption references.A three-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa disposed of the petition with the understanding that the minister …

LAHORE (Web Desk) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday initiated a probe into award of ‘precious’ railway land in Lahore on lease by Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique and also sought explanation from him in the ‘dubious’ land deal with the Paragon Housing Society.NAB’s Lahore chapter has sought an …