On August 5, 1965, Pakistan’s injection of guerrilla fighters into Indian Kashmir to instigate a rebellion led to a full-scale Indian attack on Lahore on September 6, a month later. That plunged the two countries into a full-scale war which ended abruptly on September 23, just 17 days later, when both countries accepted a UN […]
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Dutch police have arrested a gunman who killed at least three people in twin shootings in the city of Rotterdam. They says the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city’s Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday. He was a student at Erasmus University, which is affiliated with […]
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukrainian forces are “gradually gaining ground” in the face of fierce fighting and that he is constantly urging allies to provide more aid, boost defense production and speed up arms deliveries to Ukraine. “The stronger Ukraine becomes, the closer we come to ending Russia’s aggression,” Stoltenberg told reporters […]
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LAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan was nominated as the prime accused in a challan submitted before an anti-terrorism court on Thursday pertaining to 11 cases registered following the May 9 riots. The challan, pertaining to incidents of vandalism at the Lahore Corps Commander’s House (Jinnah House), Askari Tower, Shadman Police Station and Sherpao Bridge […]
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Russians’ demand for residential properties in Türkiye declined by 50 percent in January-August as they are increasingly turning to the United Arab Emirates and other countries to buy homes, daily Milliyet has reported, citing Russian publication RBC. Some 11.9 percent of Russians bought houses in the UAE in the first eight months of 2023, showed […]
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State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller dodged questions regarding the United States’ policy on Khalistan, maintaining that a “full and fair investigation” should be conducted into the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Miller, when asked about the official stance of the US about the Khalistan referendum organised by the US-based group Sikhs for […]
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ISLAMABAD: While seeking applications for hiring a financial adviser to restructure the loss-making Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national flag carrier is facing an acute financial crunch, leaving no other option but to bifurcate its core business and physical assets for parking all outstanding liabilities. The government is considering establishing two entities, one for undertaking […]
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Berlin’s move is aimed at fighting illegal immigration amid a sharp rise in the number of asylum applications. Germany announced on Wednesday it will increase police patrols along “smuggling routes” on its border with Poland and the Czech Republic in an effort to prevent more migrants from entering the country. The new measures would begin […]
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India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said on Tuesday that India has told Canada it was open to looking into any “specific” or “relevant” information it provides on the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that Ottawa had credible intelligence linking Indian agents to the murder, prompting an […]
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Robert Fico, Slovakia’s three-time prime minister, has a chance to return to power in a closely fought early election on Saturday, raising the prospect of the central European country dropping its staunch support of neighbouring Ukraine. Fico’s SMER-SSD party has a narrow lead over liberal Progressive Slovakia (PS), which has pledged to stay the course […]
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