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Pakistan High Court rejects plea to drop terrorism charges against ex-president Musharraf

Shawdesh Desk: The Islamabad High Court of Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed a petition that sought deletion of terrorism charges against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf and transfer of the

Trio win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Shawdesh Desk: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 was awarded jointly to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” The Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize in Physics to be awarded

Shawdesh Desk: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded Tuesday, a day after two Americans and one British scientist were given the award for Physiology or Medicine. This

Indian fire kills woman in Pakistan-held Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: A Pakistani police official says sniper fire by India killed a woman outside her home in the border village of Abbaspur, in Pakistan-held Kashmir. Police chief Zulqarnain Chaudhry

Mask ban spurs new mass protest in Hong Kong

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of anti-government protesters have turned out for marches in Hong Kong despite pouring rain, spurred into action by a government ban on masks. Many defiantly covered their

UN urges Iraq to end violence against anti-government protesters

Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations urged Saturday an end to violence in Iraq, after five days of anti-government rallies marred by the killing of nearly 100 people, mainly protesters. The

Mask ban spurs new mass protest in Hong Kong

Shawdesh Desk: A government ban on masks has resulted in thousands of anti-government protesters marching in Hong Kong despite the pouring rain, spurred into action. Rioting broke out in some

Ban on wearing mask sparks violence in Hong Kong

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong’s entire mass transit rail system was suspended on Saturday after a night of violence sparked by a ban on pro-democracy protesters wearing face masks, as the