The Supreme Court, after hearing more than a dozen petitions on both sides of the argument, ruled that homosexuality was not unconstitutional. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalize homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a “historic development” by campaigners….
Imran Khan was reportedly arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court by Rangers on Tuesday. Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court by Rangers on Tuesday. Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case. Imran did…
Jurors on Tuesday will begin deliberating whether Donald Trump raped writer E. Jean Carroll more than two decades ago and then defamed her by claiming she made up the story. Lawyers for Carroll and the former U.S. president delivered closing arguments on Monday in Manhattan federal court after seven days of a civil trial. Trump, the front-runner…
Prosecutors for Georgia’s Fulton County have granted immunity to at least eight people under investigation for conspiring to overturn Georgia’s vote in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing on Friday. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to disclose this summer whether former President Donald Trump and others will be charged with crimes…
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a May 23 forum on the danger of runway incursions after a series of close call incidents raised questions about the safety of U.S. aviation. The NTSB is investigating six runway incursion events since just the start of the year. The board said the roundtable will…
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a top health official who oversaw the agency’s contentious response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is leaving the institution at the end of June, the CDC said on Friday. Walensky led the institution for two years while the pandemic was at its height. Her…
U.S. energy firms cut the most oil and natural gas rigs in a week since February, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by seven to 748 in the week to May 5. , , Despite…
Indian airline Go First said on Friday it is cancelling its flights until May 12, days after the cash-strapped company filed for bankruptcy. Earlier on Tuesday, the airline blamed “faulty” Pratt & Whitney GTF engines for the grounding of about half its fleet leading to the bankruptcy filing. The owner of Go Airlines has no…
Shares in PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) jumped 70% amid a broader rebound in U.S. regional banks on Friday after analysts upgraded a number of lenders they said were oversold, while some investors said the surge may be short-lived. Investor worries about the health of mid-sized lenders deepened in recent days following the collapse of First Republic Bank and…
Migrants walk between the two border fences as they wait for authorities to request asylum in San Ysidro, California, U.S., as seen from Tijuana. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Mexico City, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday…
