Austrian rail traffic has ground to a halt, impacting about 8,000 connections and some one million passengers, as workers hold a 24-hour strike after another round of pay negotiations fell through. Monday’s strike affected transport at all levels, from public transport to regional services and long-distance night trains, as well as rail freight lines. The […]
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A drugs cartel believed to control up to a third of Europe’s cocaine trade was taken down in a six-country bust, with 30 tonnes of drugs seized, Europol said on Monday. The European policing agency had helped co-ordinate the takedown, with police arresting a total of 49 suspects in raids in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, […]
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ISLAMABAD: Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar was stopped by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at Islamabad International Airport on Sunday before his departure to Tajikistan for the Herat Security Dialogue. In a series of tweets, Dawar condemned the “outrageous” incident. He emphasised that his name had been removed from the Exit Control List […]
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So often one item comes to symbolise an entire protest movement. In China, that item is a humble piece of blank paper. As dusk fell on Shanghai on Sunday evening, some of those who gathered at a vigil to remember the victims of a fire that catalysed the demonstrations came clutching sheets of paper. Similarly, […]
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ISLAMABAD: A day after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Azam Khan Swati for a second time in less than two months on charges of sending out tweets critical of the outgoing army chief and featuring slurs, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) senator told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) he feared custodial killing and requested that […]
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Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday urged the youth in Jammu and Kashmir to actively take part in every election and not to leave any space uncontested. She said taking part in polls is the only weapon to fight with. “I appeal to all the youth, please do not leave […]
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Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against Turkish cross-border strikes targeting Kurdish groups in the country’s northeast, an AFP photojournalist said. One week ago Turkey began a barrage of air strikes against the semi-autonomous Kurdish zones in north and northeastern Syria, and across the border in Iraq. It has […]
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Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure amount to genocide, a top Ukrainian official says. Strikes on key facilities targeted “the full Ukrainian nation” and were an effort to force Kyiv to surrender, the prosecutor-general told the BBC. The term genocide refers to an effort to wipe out a group of people. Russia denies having any […]
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Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, vowing more resources to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with the world’s second-biggest economy on climate change and trade issues. The 26-page document outlined C$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) spending, including boosting Canada’s military presence and cyber security in the region and tightening foreign investment rules […]
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ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad on Sunday handed over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on two-day physical remand in a case relating to ‘controversial’ tweets targeting institutions. Judicial Magistrate’s duty judge Waqas Ahmed Raja heard the case of Swati, who was arrested earlier today, and announced the […]
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