Former Mayor Killed

Afghanistan's first woman mayor who fled to Germany recently, recounted her harrowing ordeal as Taliban took control of Afghanistan, saying Taliban terrorists continue to search for her and they were killing off those who spoke out against them.

The main accused in the murder case of former mayor of Bihar's Katihar was arrested from Siliguri in West Bengal, police said on Monday.

Terming the killing of a former mayor of Katihar by unidentified assailants as "shocking", Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad on Friday said that the accused must be arrested quickly.

The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities said Friday.

A former DMK mayor and two others, including her husband, were hacked to death by unidentified persons in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli Tuesday in a daring daylight attack, police said.

When Mohammed Ali Najafi turned himself in to Iranian authorities Tuesday night, he wore a nice suit and a smile and was greeted warmly by police.

A former mayor and JDS corporator was hacked to death by a gang in public view in a busy locality of Tumakuru town Sunday, police said.

A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate today that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead.

Allahabad Mayor Abilasha Gupta filed a police complaint on Thursday after a person claimed on Facebook that he would "kill" her as well as her husband Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister.

A 77-year-old Indian-origin former mayor of a town was driving the double-decker bus which crashed into a supermarket in England's Coventry city, killing two persons including an eight-year-old boy, media said today.

A former Mexican vigilante running for mayor was shot dead during a campaign event on Thursday in the troubled state of Michoacan, the third politician killed ahead of June elections.

A US-based human rights group has reported that a "death squad" that targeted criminal suspects in a southern Philippine city allegedly was organised by the former mayor and was responsible for nearly 300 killings over the past seven years.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a prayer ground in northwest Pakistan today, killing a political leader and his bodyguard and injuring seven others, police said. The bomber struck as former nazim (mayor) Hanif Jadoon was leaving the prayer ground after offering Eid-ul-Azha prayers. Jadoon and his bodyguard were killed instantly, police off...

Afghanistan's first woman mayor who fled to Germany recently, recounted her harrowing ordeal as Taliban took control of Afghanistan, saying Taliban terrorists continue to search for her and they were killing off those who spoke out against them.

The main accused in the murder case of former mayor of Bihar's Katihar was arrested from Siliguri in West Bengal, police said on Monday.

Terming the killing of a former mayor of Katihar by unidentified assailants as "shocking", Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad on Friday said that the accused must be arrested quickly.

The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities said Friday.

A former DMK mayor and two others, including her husband, were hacked to death by unidentified persons in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli Tuesday in a daring daylight attack, police said.

When Mohammed Ali Najafi turned himself in to Iranian authorities Tuesday night, he wore a nice suit and a smile and was greeted warmly by police.

A former mayor and JDS corporator was hacked to death by a gang in public view in a busy locality of Tumakuru town Sunday, police said.

A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate today that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead.

Allahabad Mayor Abilasha Gupta filed a police complaint on Thursday after a person claimed on Facebook that he would "kill" her as well as her husband Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister.

A 77-year-old Indian-origin former mayor of a town was driving the double-decker bus which crashed into a supermarket in England's Coventry city, killing two persons including an eight-year-old boy, media said today.

A former Mexican vigilante running for mayor was shot dead during a campaign event on Thursday in the troubled state of Michoacan, the third politician killed ahead of June elections.

A US-based human rights group has reported that a "death squad" that targeted criminal suspects in a southern Philippine city allegedly was organised by the former mayor and was responsible for nearly 300 killings over the past seven years.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a prayer ground in northwest Pakistan today, killing a political leader and his bodyguard and injuring seven others, police said. The bomber struck as former nazim (mayor) Hanif Jadoon was leaving the prayer ground after offering Eid-ul-Azha prayers. Jadoon and his bodyguard were killed instantly, police off...