The death toll from a recent explosion and fire at a Pakistan ship-breaking yard has risen to 20, officials said Saturday, as an inquiry committee met for the first time to determine responsibility. At least 59 others were wounded early this week when a gas cylinder exploded and started a ...
An Istanbul court on Saturday remanded in custody ahead of trial nine staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, in an intensifying crackdown a day after the leaders of the country’s main pro-Kurdish party were also jailed. There had been growing international alarm over the use of a state of emergency ...
