Rana had last reached out to the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after losing the legal battle in lower courts and several federal courts.

John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007, was known as a plain-speaking politician who bridged the divide between the traditional left-wing and the modernisers in the Labour Party.

Several Chinese nationals killed in recent militant attacks in Pakistan China hires its private companies to provide security to its nationals 30,000 Chinese ...