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A Middlesex Superior Court judge, Kenneth Fishman, said that the second-degree murder conviction a jury delivered in May against Pallavi Macharla, a 44-year-old mother of two, was not 'consonant with justice'.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that 'the conditions for a meeting' between US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani had been created.

Mehmood Qureshi's comments came after Pakistan's Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Sunday cancelled his official trip to the UAE, a day after Prime Modi was honoured with the 'Order of Zayed,' UAE's highest civilian award.

Thousands of people have demonstrated in cities across Brazil and outside Brazilian embassies around the world. #PrayforAmazonia became a worldwide trending topic.

The nomination of Gotabaya, a former military strongman who is credited with ending the 30-year long civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009, has evoked both excitement and fear across the island nation.

It was the latest in a series of launches the nuclear-armed North has conducted in recent weeks in protest at US-South Korean joint military exercises, which wrapped up nearly a week ago.

Saturday's march took place in the French coastal town of Hendaye, about 30 km from Biarritz, without incident in a good-natured atmosphere, with police giving a figure of 9,000 but organisers saying as many as 15,000 people turned up.

Trump cannot legally compel US companies to abandon China immediately, although he said he would be offering a response later on Friday to tariffs on US products announced by China earlier in the day.

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police had registered 23 FIRs against the petitioners on the charges of "terror financing" in different cities of Punjab province.

The Hong Kong-based airline has been accused of bowing to political and commercial pressure from Beijing by sacking employees in recent weeks for their public support for the massive anti-government movement roiling Hong Kong.

The threat to what some call 'the lungs of the planet' has ignited a bitter dispute about who is to blame during the tenure of Jair Bolsonaro who has described Brazil's rainforest protections as an obstacle to economic development.

The latest changes in the kingdom mean women over 21 can now get a passport and go abroad and without permission. They also allow women to register child birth, marriage or divorce, be issued official family documents and be a guardian to children who are...

Rick Perry came in for heavy criticism on social media, with various users wondering whether someone who couldn't identify an internet hoax should be in charge of nuclear arms.

Welcoming PM Imran Khan's commitment to eliminate militant groups from operating in Pakistan, US official said that it encourages 'sustained, verifiable and irreversible measures on this front, like prosecuting and convicting members of terrorist groups.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that if Iranian supertanker that left Gibraltar on Sunday again heads to Syria, they will take every action including sanctions to prevent that.

The bus was traveling from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, an ancient capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site popular with tourists some 300 kilometers (180 miles) north from the capital.