The court had adjourned further hearing until June 11, with directives to the officials to produce all accused including Asif Ali Zardari on the next date of hearing in the case

The appointment of a new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) following the abrupt departure of outgoing chief Robert Azevedo will unlikely result in the resolution of the systemic issues troubling the international organization, analysts told Sputnik

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a statement on Thursday that it backed the United Kingdom's National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in support of BBC Newsnight host, Emily Maitlis, who was briefly replaced after the management scolded her for making remarks about Dominic Cummings, a senior adviser of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had violated the COVID-19 lockdown

Washington's interference and threats to Beijing over its plans to impose new legislation on Hong Kong, along with mounting pressure over the coronavirus crisis, are a part of a broader long-term strategy to diminish China's influence, and the US will likely try to get more countries to join its anti-China efforts, experts told Sputnik

Austrian Airlines said on Thursday that it would resume regular flights to 27 European cities starting June 15, after them having been suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic

The lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continue to request his release on bail at a London court due to the high risks of contracting the coronavirus disease at the prison in which he is being held

An investigation by the Durham Police Department has found that Dominic Cummings, a senior adviser of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, violated lockdown rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic by making a 50-mile journey to Barnard Castle on April 12, The Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday