MSPs have voted against legalising assisted dying in Scotland after a closely contested late night debate. The Scottish Parliament rejected plans that would have made it the first part of the United Kingdom to allow assisted suicide, while MPs at Westminster continue to discuss similar proposals. The result at Holyrood was fifty nine votes against and sixty seven in favour, with one abstention. Sources had said before the vote the […]

Afghanistan has claimed 400 people were killed in a Pakistan strike that it says hit a hospital treating drug addicts. Pakistan rejected the claim, saying its strikes in Kabul and eastern Afghanistan on Monday did not hit any civilian sites. The Taliban’s deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said 400 were killed and 250 injured. Sharafat Zaman, a health ministry spokesman, earlier reported more than 200 deaths and said all parts of […]