Opp unseats pM in Bahamas elections
San Juan: A new Prime Minister will soon lead the Bahamas as the archipelago struggles with a spike in Covid-19 cases, a crumbling economy and the devastation of Hurricane Dorian.
Philip Davis of the Progressive Liberal Party beat current Prime
Minister Hubert Minnis, who conceded defeated late on Thursday. Minnis, of the Free National Movement Party, had been seeking a second five-year term.
9 killed in firing over land dispute in Pak
Peshawar: At least nine persons were killed and 10 critically injured in a firing between two rival groups over a land dispute in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, police said.The firing between two groups occurred on Thursday at a funeral site in the Tormang area of the Dir Lower district of the province, killing nine persons.
Woman sues for right to freeze her eggs
Beijing: After almost two years, an unmarried woman suing for the right to freeze her eggs in Beijing is getting her case heard in court on Friday in a rare legal challenge against the country’s restrictions on unmarried women in reproductive health. Teresa Xu has been waiting since December 2019 for her second hearing at the Chaoyang People’s Court in Beijing.
Pak court sentences 5 ultras to 5 yrs each
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday handed down five-year imprisonment each to five terrorists, including those belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). An official of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said the convicted terrorists — Muhammad Aslam, Basharat Khan, Muhammad Ali, Niaz Abbas and Adil Abbas — were arrested by the CTD early this year from Sargodha and Khushab districts of Punjab.