Six to die for Thai family massacre
BANGKOK, Mar 28: Six men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for the massacre of a Thai village headman and seven members of his family, including three children, over a land dispute. The execution-style murders, which caused widespread public horror, saw the masked gunmen storm into the local leader's compound in the southern province of Krabi in July 2017 and take his family hostage with handcuffs and blindfolds. — AFP
Pak gunmen kill transgender duo
PESHAWAR, Mar 28: Police in Pakistan say gunmen riding on motorcycle shot and killed a transgender woman and her friend in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Police officer Mohammad Tahir says the two were targeted as they traveled in a rickshaw late Tuesday night, and that the motive for the killing is unknown. — AP
NASA pushes back giant space telescope launch to 2020
WASHINGTON, Mar 28: The launch of NASA's next giant space telescope has been delayed until at least May 2020, the US space agency said Tuesday, in the latest setback for the much-anticipated project. The James Webb Space Telescope-which NASA has long expected to replace the fabled Hubble-was initially meant to go into service this year but has faced multiple hitches. — AFP
Porn star's lawyer seeks deposition from Trump