Masahiro Tanaka is returning to pitch for his former team in Japan after seven seasons with the New York Yankees. The Rakuten Eagles said Thursday the 32-year-old free agent ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s supreme court orders release of man jailed over Daniel Pearl’s murder
Pakistan’s supreme court has ordered the release of a UK-born Islamist who had been sentenced to death over the 2002 beheading of US journalist Daniel Pearl. In a two-to-one verdict by a three-judge ... ( read original story ...)
Top Pakistan court orders release of man once convicted in Daniel Pearl’s brutal murder
Slain U.S. journalist's family left in "complete shock by the majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan" to free the man accused of planning the murder. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders Release of Man Convicted in Killing of WSJ Reporter Daniel Pearl
The country’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Omar Sheikh, the man convicted in 2002 of orchestrating the abduction and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, after effectively ... ( read original story ...)
WorldView: Deadly bus crash in Cameroon; Pakistan to release man convicted of killing U.S. journalist
At least 53 people are dead after a bus crash in the west African nation of Cameroon. In Pakistan, a court ordered the release of a man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. ( read original story ...)
Daniel Pearl murder: Pakistan supreme court orders release of British-born man
Majority ruling upholds earlier decision to commute sentence of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh ... ( read original story ...)
Dramatic drop in Covid cases gives India hope of return to normal life
Swimming pools, cinemas and theatres to be allowed to operate at full capacity from 1 February ... ( read original story ...)
Comedy in India is no laughing matter
A Muslim stand-up comedian is spending his fourth week behind bars in India, accused of insulting Hindu gods, as the country’s fledgling comedy scene emerges as the latest frontline in a crackdown on ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain takes delivery of AstraZeneca vaccine from India
Bahrain has received its first delivery of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII), state media said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
India invites investors to help develop manufacturing hub
India’s prime minister on Thursday invited foreign investors to take advantage of the country’s $26 billion incentive-linked program and help the country become a ... ( read original story ...)