Saddam Hussein's defence team walked out of the court today after the chief trial judge refused to allow former Attorney General Ramsey Clark to challenge the tribunal's legitimacy in an address to the session.
Prince Ali is standing against Sepp Baltter in Friday's election and although Blatter is strongly favoured to win.
The scale of crisis in Iraq with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham overtaking each town in the country and vowing to continue their bloodshed till the time they take over Baghdad, has left everyone with the one question they thought they would never have to: Would Iraq have been more stable if Saddam Hussein had been in power?
Iraq has been the scene of bitter battles and bloodshed for years, but the poignant photos you will see here show how life has moved on for Iraqis.
Authorities in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday launched an operation to arrest several high-ranking FIFA officials on corruption charges and extradite them to the United States, the New York Times reported.
The Biden administration should expect continuity in Iran's policies under Raisi. This may not necessarily mean that strengthening of ties with the West will be Raisi's top priority, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the lesser known films of these stars.
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan said that soccer's governing body has been "decimated" by the recent wave of scandals and that he has heard from "many member associations" in the last 24 hours.
Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
We are liberals and democratic. We have against us the feudalists and the mullahs of Pakistan who have issued fatwas against us.
'Without trust the negotiation process will fail again,' says MQM leader Altaf Hussain.
The Federation Cup champions will use Wednesday's AFC Cup match to prepare for the crucial NFL match against East Bengal.
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that 40-51 per cent feel that 'removing Saddam Hussein from power wasn't worth it'.
The whole state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. Pakistan remains in illegal occupation of a part of our territory Ajit Kumar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UN offices and other International Organisations said in a statement.
The US Army said a member of family 'close' to Saddam provided information about the deposed Iraqi leader's whereabouts.
A resolute Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Simranjit Kaur (60kg) advanced to the finals with impressive victories but the legendary M C Mary Kom (51kg) and world number one Amit Panghal (52kg) settled for bronze medals at the Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers, in Amman, on Tuesday. Also ending with bronze medals were Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg). All the six boxers have already secured their tickets to the Olympic Games by making the semi-finals but Krishan and Kaur will come back with at least silver medals after entering the finals.
US officials believe Saddam's cousins can tap into tens of millions of dollars, much of it profits from smuggling oil, military equipment and other goods during Saddam's regime.
Michel Platini, the head of European soccer's governing body UEFA, is to announce in the next few days that he will stand for the presidency of FIFA, a source close to the former France international told Reuters on Tuesday.
The pistol was seized from Hussein when he was captured near Tikrit last December. Some troops who caught the deposed president gifted it to Bush.
Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined the formal funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, who was killed a day before near Baghdad's international airport in an air strike ordered by United States President Donald Trump.
The former Iraqi president was to hear the charges against him.
Head of Jordan's Bar Association Hussein Mjalli said volunteers had signed up at the their offices in Amman.
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim on Wednesday said international monitors could observe the proceedings.
Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal had trained him at the instance of Saddam Hussein, a media report said.
'The China Pakistan Economic Corridor is Pakistan's number one preoccupation today -- and tensions with India and the $46 billion projects simply do not go together,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan formally submitted his candidature to be FIFA president on Thursday, pledging to restore the reputation of world soccer's scandal-ridden governing body.
Akki's new film will likely be tax free in BJP-ruled states.
The race to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of Fifa is picking up steam and there is a scramble for nominations.
"I would have no hesitation. That's my work. That's my chosen pursuit -- to protect rights. His rights need protecting," Ramsey Clark said.
The election to select a new president of world soccer's governing body FIFA will be held on Feb. 26 in Zurich, the organisation said on its Twitter feed on Monday.
Rediff.com presents a collection of photographs to show how people rejoiced Obama's victory across the world.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story on the alleged links between the country's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence and Al Qaeda.
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