Nicolas Dirda, a Roma man, was stabbed to death on June 10 on a tram in the Czech Republic as he travelled to a firework display at a lake just outside the country’s second city, Brno. The murder sparked angry protests among the Roma, a significant minority who number about 250,000 in the country of […]
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If you switch on Russian state TV today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Russian economy is booming. A presenter on the Rossiya-24 channel did admit that the dollar exchange rate had reached an eye-watering 101 roubles – but, he went on to insist, the Russian economy was still doing marvellously well. Russian GDP […]
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ISLAMABAD: Anwaarul Haq Kakar became the 8th interim prime minister of Pakistan after taking oath of the office at the presidency on Monday. Kakar, clad in a grey suit, was administered oath by President Arif Alvi at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad. Kakar was announced as the interim premier on Saturday, following […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that three-decades long conflict in Kashmir was a “business for some people” who filled their own coffers while common man was left to suffer on all fronts. He, however, was quick to add that Security Forces are pushing the last nail in the coffin of […]
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Ukraine downed three waves of Russian missiles and drones targeting Odesa, its army said early on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks in the southern region on the Black Sea coast. “The enemy attacked Odesa region three times during the night, using two waves of attack drones, a total of 15, and eight […]
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After the landing of the first international flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA), Skardu got the status of an international airport. On the occasion of Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, the first international flight of PIA – flight 234 – from Dubai landed in Skardu. The passengers on board were welcomed with the iconic traditional caps […]
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TEHRAN: A shooting Sunday at a shrine in Iran’s south killed at least four people, state media said, less than a year after a similar attack on the same site. “Four people have been killed so far following a terrorist attack by two armed men on the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh” in the city […]
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The King of Jordan approved a cybercrime bill that will crack down on online speech deemed harmful to national unity, a bill opposition lawmakers and human rights groups have warned against. King Abdullah II gave his approval on Saturday with the bill now slated as law and set to take effect one month after it […]
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ISLAMABAD: Two terrorists were killed by security forces after they attacked a military convoy in Balochistan’s Gwadar on Sunday morning, according to the army’s media affairs wing. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the terrorists carried out the attack at 10am, using small arms and hand grenades. “On 13 August 2023 […]
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WARSAW: Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to hold onto power in an October parliamentary election. Mateusz Morawiecki announced […]
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