AHMEDABAD, INDIA: At least 24 people, including many children, died in a fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a family entertainment venue in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a government official said. With rescue efforts continuing at the scene in the Rajkot district, the local mayor told Reuters the death toll was […]
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RAWALPINDI: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday stated that an army captain and soldier were martyred, while five terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire in Peshawar district’s Hassan Khel area. The media wing of the armed forces said the incident happened during an operation launched on the “reported presence of terrorists” […]
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Emmanuel Macron has begun the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years, to boost ties between the two countries and to emphasise the importance of defending democracy against nationalism in upcoming European elections. “Franco-German relations are indispensable and important for Europe,” said Macron at the start of his three-day state […]
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Twelve people traveling on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Ireland were injured during a bout of turbulence, Dublin Airport said on Sunday, adding that the plane landed safely and as scheduled. Flight QR017, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landed shortly before 1 p.m. Dublin time (1200 GMT), the airport said. “Upon landing, the aircraft […]
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A father of five girls cut opened his pregnant wife’s stomach to check the gender of his unborn baby. The suspect Panna Lal, a resident of Badaun in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, and his wife were married for more than two decades and had five daughters, an Indian media outlet reported. However, Lal would regularly […]
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The National Council of the Churches in Pakistan (NCCP) has strongly condemned the violent attack on the Christian community in Mujahid Colony, Sargodha, allegedly orchestrated by elements affiliated with an extremist religio-political party. In a press statement, NCCP President Bishop Azad Marshall said the distressing incident in which a violent mob attempted to lynch an […]
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The Spanish defence minister said on Saturday that the conflict in Gaza is a “real genocide”, as relations between Israel and Spain worsen following Madrid’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state. Reuters couldn’t immediately reach Israeli officials for comment on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. Israel has strongly rejected accusations made against it by South Africa […]
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ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the country’s history, the IMF has preferred to make it public that the mission would prepare a report for presenting before its Executive Board for making a final decision based on preliminary findings on Pakistan’s request for striking a fresh bailout package. In the past, it was never done […]
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Suhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India’s capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national elections was for “peace and brotherhood” as divisive religious rhetoric rises. Mansuri and his brother were surrounded by a crowd during the riots in Delhi’s most densely populated district […]
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“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an undergraduate student at Berlin’s Free University. After her university published what she saw as a one-sided statement of support for Israel following the Hamas attacks of October 7, and students […]
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