HIGH TREASON TRIAL OF PERVEZ MUSHARRAF TO RESUME THIS WEEK
ISLAMABAD: A special court in Pakistan is all set to resume hearing of a high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, which may also be a big test for Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf, which is likely to form a government, a media report said on Sunday. Lahore high court chief justice Yawar Ali, who is heading the three-judge special tribunal, will visit Islamabad for three days from July 31 to August 2. The Express Tribune reported the purpose of his visit is to hear the high treason case lodged against Musharraf soon after the PML-N came to power in 2013 for his role in the promulgation of emergency on November 3, 2007. However, the prosecution has yet to get any information regarding fixation of the case.
US: 3 dead, 7 wounded after gunmen fire on crowd
NEW ORLEANS: Two armed individuals wearing hoodies walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more, the police said. Police chief Michael Harrison said one of the shooters had a rifle and the other a handgun. He said they appeared to have fired indiscriminately into the crowd, striking ten people. AP
Nigeria Army kills 16 Boko Haram militants in north
MAIDUGURI: Nigeria’s military said soldiers have killed at least 16 Boko Haram extremists after an attack in the country’s northern Borno state. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, deputy director of Army Public Relations, said on Sunday that insurgents in three vehicles, including gun trucks, on Friday attacked the Mairari area village of Monguno. He said that soldiers and the air force responded, killing at least 16 extremists.
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Powerful storm hits disasterravaged Japan
TOKYO: A powerful storm slammed into Japan on Sunday, churning across western areas already hard hit by floods and landslides earlier this month and injuring some 20 people. Typhoon Jongdari, with winds of up to 180 kilometres an hour, made landfall at Ise in Mie prefecture at around 1 am, according to the meteorological agency. More than 170 flights were cancelled for Sunday and train services disrupted.
Spain rescues over 200 migrants at sea
MADRID: Spain said it had plucked more than 200 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday as the country’s interior minister headed to Mauritania to try to boost cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration. Spain’s maritime rescue service saved 211 migrants from 21 different boats in the Strait of Gibraltar which separates Spain from Morocco, a spokesman for the service said.