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Former Pakistani lawmaker shot dead

Gunmen shot a former lawmaker dead in southern port city of Karachi in a fresh wave of political violence, police said. Ali Raza Abidi, who had been elected twice as a member of the lower house -- the National Assembly -- from Karachi in 2008 and 2013 was ambushed by motorbike riding...

Sudanese president blames West for economic troubles

The West's embargo has caused economic troubles in Sudan, the country’s president said on Tuesday. Sudanese state TV reported that Omar al-Bashir, who addressed residents of a village in the Gezira state near Khartoum, said that there are saboteurs and agents, who aimed to impede...

Moscow helped get Trump elected: Ex-Israeli spy chief

Tamir Pardo, former head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, has claimed that Russian cyber-meddling helped influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections in favor of current U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.  According to Pardo, Russia chose...

Russia expands sanctions against Ukraine

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday signed a decree on imposing sanctions against 245 Ukrainian individuals and 8 entities. According to a government statement, the decision is made "to counter Ukraine’s unfriendly actions towards Russian citizens and legal entities.”...