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Salamat Khan and his son Abbas Khan were found guilty of coercive behaviour and common assault. They both will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court next month.

Pompeo's trip to Colombo was aimed at expressing America's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka as they stand united against the despicable April 21 suicide attacks.

Trump's comments came just hours after he announced the sudden departure of acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan, jolting the Defense Department.

Pakistan is seeking help from multiple lenders like the IMF, World Bank and Asian Development Bank to overcome a ballooning balance of payments crisis. Last month, it reached an agreement in principle with the IMF for a three-year, USD 6 billion bailout...

The monk, Wirathu, is accused of inciting violence against the Rohingya minority and other Muslims. He has also been supportive of the powerful military and critical of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Joshua Wong was sent to prison in May after he lost an attempt to quash a jail sentence over the huge democracy protests he helped lead in 2014.

Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed was appointed as the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI) in place of Lt Gen Asim Munir, who was transferred and appointed as Corps Commander Gujranwala.

A Japanese-owned tanker, the Kokuka Courageous, and a Norwegian-operated one, the Front Altair, were attacked on Thursday and left ablaze as they were passing through the Gulf of Oman.

Plastic pollution has become an increasing international concern, particularly after bans imposed by China and other countries on the import of plastic waste from overseas.

A record 434 people were killed during 'police interventions' in Brazil in the first three months of this year - a 17.9 per cent increase from the same period in 2018, official figures show.

Iraq has had several extensions to the waiver first granted last year after Washington reimposed sanctions on Tehran's oil sector forbidding countries from purchasing Iranian energy.

About 1 million people marched through Hong Kong last Sunday to protest the extradition bill, according to organisers of the march.

Narathiwat, where the incident occurred, is among the southernmost provinces that are plagued by conflict between ethnic Malay Muslim rebels agitating for greater autonomy and the Buddhist-majority Thai state.

Heyuan city police said the 120-meter section collapsed early Friday morning. Two security guards rescued a 44-year-old man, and two other people remain missing.

Zardari, the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013, has denied any link with the fake accounts. He has said the allegation was part of a vilification campaign by the ruling party to malign opposition leaders.

South Korea remains a conservative society, where until 2015, anyone indulging in extramarital sex risked a two-year prison sentence.