MOSCOW: The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and the US-led NATO military alliance would be inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Russia’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and President Vladimir Putin […]
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FIR lodged against Toor accuses him of mala fide intentions and ulterior motives to allegedly build false narrative and start a malicious/obnoxious and explicit campaign against the modesty of civil servants/government officials and state institutions A District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Tuesday partially accepted a plea filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) […]
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Srinagar, Feb 27: The central government on Tuesday extended ban on Jamat-e-Islami by five years, Union Home minister Amit Shah said today. Government of India has declared ‘Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir’ as an ‘Unlawful Association’ for a further period of 5 years under Section 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967, read an official […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron triggered a shockwave in Europe by refusing to rule out the dispatch of Western ground troops to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion. Macron had hosted a conference of European leaders on Feb. 26, just over two years to the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, seeking to rally greater […]
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Special Judge Central-I Gujranwala Mohammad Naeem Shaikh, upon completion of the trial in Libyan boat accident case, sentenced accused Shahzad Elahi to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 14 lac. According to the details, accused Shahzad Elahi had received Rs. 23 lac for sending the nephew of the complainant to Italy, however the […]
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has accepted the resignation of prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and his government submitted earlier today, according to a statement by the presidency, AFP reports. Abbas issued a decree accepting the resignation and assigned Shtayyeh’s government to continue “temporarily until a new government is formed”, the statement said.__The Nation
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A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programmes in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains “completely insufficient”, the U.N. chief warned Monday. Speaking before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Antonio Guterres said that Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians are crowded together in tent […]
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Anti-Muslim hate speech in India rose by 62% in the second half of 2023 compared to the first six months of the year, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, adding the Israel-Gaza war played a key role in the last three months. India Hate Lab documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in 2023, […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities are exploring options for the augmentation of the upcoming IMF bailout package from $7.5 to $8 billion and one of the possibilities can be applying Climate Finance along with Extended Fund Facility (EFF). If this arrangement is finalised, Pakistan could maximise the size of the programme from $6 billion under EFF to […]
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WASHINGTON: An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday. Bushnell had […]
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