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Pakistan delays blasphemy appeal as judge steps down INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan delays blasphemy appeal as judge steps down

Pakistan's Supreme Court delayed an appeal into a blasphemy case against a Christian mother on death row as one of the judges stepped down, with thousands of security forces deployed after threats from Muslim clerics.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan to hang mentally ill man for murder INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan to hang mentally ill man for murder

Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to stop the hanging of a death row prisoner diagnosed with a mental illness, officials said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian court bans children from human pyramid festival INTERNATIONAL

Indian court bans children from human pyramid festival

India's top court on Wednesday banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country's west that sees young boys scale human pyramids.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippines ex-leader Arroyo freed from detention INTERNATIONAL

Philippines ex-leader Arroyo freed from detention

Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo was released from detention on Thursday following nearly five years in a military hospital after the Supreme Court dismissed her corruption charges, her lawyer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India's top court to consider intervening in Muslim 'triple talaq' divorce law INTERNATIONAL

India's top court to consider intervening in Muslim 'triple talaq' divorce law

India's Supreme Court said it will examine how far it could interfere in Muslim laws governing family-related issues as it heard a plea to end a practice allowing Muslim men to divorce their wives ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan court bails women jailed for 'vulgar' texts INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan court bails women jailed for 'vulgar' texts

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday bailed a mother and daughter who had been in jail for two months for allegedly sending "vulgar" texts and pictures to another woman, a defence lawyer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kuwait upholds death sentence for mosque blast ringleader ASIA

Kuwait upholds death sentence for mosque blast ringleader

Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld the death sentence handed down to the main convict in the Islamic State group bombing of a Shia mosque that killed 26 people.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal from the leader of the top Islamist party against death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India's top court says tobacco packs must carry bigger warnings INTERNATIONAL

India's top court says tobacco packs must carry bigger warnings

India's Supreme Court said the tobacco industry must adhere to federal rules requiring stringent health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11bn industry that opposes the new policy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian investigators want Britain to deport Mallya INTERNATIONAL

Indian investigators want Britain to deport Mallya

India's financial crimes agency is seeking the deportation of former airline boss Vijay Mallya from Britain, after he left the country owing more than $1bn.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Supreme court justice candidate list is still open: White House INTERNATIONAL

Supreme court justice candidate list is still open: White House

The White House said yesterday that more candidates could be added to its list of potential nominees to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of justice Antonin Scalia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama reviews research on Supreme Court picks INTERNATIONAL

Obama reviews research on Supreme Court picks

President Barack Obama was reviewing briefing documents from his staff over the weekend on potential Supreme Court nominees, the White House said on Friday, as a tough political fight loomed with Senate Republicans over filling the pivotal vacancy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016