Imran Khan’s aide arrested for election criticism
AFP :An aide to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Wednesday for criticizing election officials, police said, the latest case brought against...
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California massacres heighten immigrants’ fears of US gun violence
AFP :America was supposed to be a place of safety for Jose Romero when he arrived some two years ago to work on a California...
Norway fund drops China, India firms over Myanmar weapons
AFP :Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank...
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
Reuters :Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural...
Indian university bans screening of BBC series on PM Modi
AFP :A top Indian university has banned the screening of a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during deadly 2002 sectarian riots, after...
Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage
AFP ; A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on Monday affected most of the country’s more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities...
California mass shooter dead, motive unclear
AFP : The gunman believed to have killed 10 people during Lunar New Year celebrations in California shot himself dead as police moved in to...
France, Germany seek to relaunch ties despite Ukraine strains
AFP : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday sought to underline the importance of their nations’ postwar alliance, despite strains...
At least 5 killed after blast at mayor’s office in Somalia
Reuters : Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry...
Israel PM removes top minister over court ruling
AFP : Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday removed a top minister in line with a Supreme Court ruling against Aryeh Deri’s appointment which...
Protests in Stockholm, including Quran-burning, draw condemnation from Turkey
Reuters :Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join Nato, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, sharply heightened...
India blocks BBC documentary on PM Modi
Reuters :India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary which questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even...