Pakistan’s Imran Khan still barred from vote after conviction appeal fails – lawyer
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan remains disqualified from contesting elections after a court rejected his plea to suspend an earlier conviction on Thursday, his lawyer said. The decision came a day before the deadline to submit nomination papers for elections for provincial and national assemblies that are scheduled for 8th February. […]
Essay: A humanitarian is wrongly convicted of helping besieged Palestinians in Gaza
Award-winning Palestinian journalist DAOUD KUTTAB, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the case against Mohammad El Halabi has dealt a blow to the Israeli justice system…
This Life: God, please open our ears and eyes
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the importance of listening to that “still, small voice”…
THIS LIFE: WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at the power of the Holy Spirit to convict…
Nigeria records first conviction over Chibok girls kidnapping
World Watch Monitor Some 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok in north-east Nigeria in 2014. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A man involved in the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria in 2014 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first member of the radical […]