At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded on Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital said. “A blast took place around 12:45pm inside Jahdia Madrassa in the centre of city. Lots of boys are studying at this madrassa (religious school),” […]
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said it was high time that the world community particularly the OIC member countries should fully support the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination guaranteed to them by the United Nations. He expressed these views in a detailed meeting with the Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan, Dr. Mehmet […]
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QUETTA: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers outside Quetta on Wednesday, killing four people, including a policeman, and wounding at least 23, mostly law enforcement. Ghulam Azfar Mahesar, deputy inspector general (DIG) of Quetta police, said the attack happened when the policemen […]
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Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor administration has spent over Rs 795 crore on the `PMJAY SEHAT’ cashless health insurance scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. Data accessed by The Kashmir Monitor revealed that over 641342 patients have received free treatment in the empanelled hospitals. The government has spent over Rs 795 crore on the scheme so far. State […]
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NATO meets on Tuesday to drum up much-needed support for Ukraine. Foreign ministers from countries in the western military alliance will gather in Romania to discuss how they can assist Ukraine after Russian strikes on its power networks ahead of winter. But the meet-up location — Bucharest — is hugely significant given Russia’s war in […]
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably lower than the toll reported by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based group that has […]
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The mobile phone footage is shaky, but undeniable. A slender teenager sits in the harsh fluorescent glare of a police station in the Paris suburbs. Towering above him is a municipal police officer in a dark blue uniform, his bulky frame accentuated by a bulletproof vest.The officer taunts and intimidates the boy, grabs him by […]
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Police in southern India on Tuesday ramped up security around Vizhinjam port being built by billionaire Gautam Adani’s group after scores of people were injured during clashes with protesters from a fishing community over the weekend. Construction at the mega $900-million port project on the southern tip of India has been halted for more than […]
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Iran has for the first time reported that more than 300 people have died in over two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. The Islamic republic has deployed state security forces against what it labels “riots” that broke out after the 22-year-olf Kurdish-Iranian died on September 16, […]
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People in China who attended weekend protests against Covid restrictions say they have been contacted by police, as authorities begin clamping down. Several people in Beijing said police had called demanding information about their whereabouts. It is unclear how police might have discovered their identities. On Tuesday officials renewed a promise to speed up efforts […]
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