WASHINGTON: US officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump, US media reported Saturday. The Office of Special Counsel told The New York Times it was investigating Smith for potentially violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal workers from engaging in … Read more

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday increased its strength in the National Assembly with the addition of two reserved seats for women from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), according to a notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The ECP notified Samar Haroon Bilour, Saeeda Jamshed Khan as members of the National … Read more

HANOI: The death toll from floods in Vietnam’s mountainous north has risen to 10, disaster authorities said Sunday. Heavy rain led to flooding in recent days in the provinces of Son La, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and especially Dien Bien, isolating several communities. The agriculture ministry confirmed 10 people were killed and seven others injured … Read more

ADEN: At least 54 migrants died when a boat carrying around 150 people sank off Yemen’s coast in bad weather on Sunday, with dozens still unaccounted for, health officials said. The boat capsized off the Ahwar district in Yemen’s southern Abyan province on the Arabian Sea, security sources said. Abdul Qadir Bajameel, a provincial health … Read more