A top Myanmar general has called for a national census to take place in October, state media reported on Tuesday, even as swathes of the country remain outside the junta’s control. The military has justified its 2021 coup with unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud in 2020 elections won resoundingly by civilian leader Aung San Suu […]
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At least two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy, France. The prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack. French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti says three other officers were seriously injured- The officers were shot with “heavy weapons” […]
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The very obvious partial role played by some members of the judiciary has resulted in a severe erosion of trust from the public In any free country or democratic society, the judiciary is that vital organ of the state that plays the leading role in upholding the rule of law, providing justice to all citizens […]
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At least three were killed and several others injured in clashes with law enforcement agencies as inflation protests continued on Monday in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), despite the announcement of a massive subsidy package by the Centre. Protests announced by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) against inflation including high electricity tariffs continued for the […]
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NEW DELHI: India signed a 10-year contract with Iran on Monday to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, the Narendra Modi-led government said, strengthening relations with a strategic Middle Eastern nation. India has been developing the port in Chabahar on Iran’s south-eastern coast along the Gulf of Oman as a way to transport […]
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UN chief calls for ‘full investigation’, condemns killing of first foreign staff member in Israel’s war on Gaza after car fired on by Israeli army in Rafah. Israeli forces order medical staff at Rafah’s Kuwaiti Hospital to evacuate as Gaza’s Health Ministry warns that the health system could collapse across the Strip in “a few […]
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Russia’s defense ministry said Monday the country’s air defenses destroyed 31 drones and 16 missiles launched by Ukraine in overnight attacks. The ministry said seven drones and four guided missiles were shot down over Russia-occupied Crimea, eight drones were destroyed over Kursk and four drones were intercepted over the Lipetsk region. The focus of the […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not asked Pakistan to hike up energy prices but does want it to withdraw subsidies granted in various sectors, including energy, according to Senator Saleem Mandviwalla. IMF official Esther Perez Ruiz informed Dawn.com that a delegation from the lender will meet Pakistani authorities next week to discuss the “next […]
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GERMANY: A German high court on Monday ruled that domestic security services could continue to treat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a potentially extremist party, meaning they retain the right to keep it under surveillance. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), charged with protecting Germany’s democratic order from extremist […]
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Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will pay a two-day visit to Türkiye on May 13 and 14 to hold talks with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said in a written statement. “During the talks between Minister Fidan and Minister Schallenberg, bilateral relations as well as Türkiye-EU relations and regional and global […]
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