06-12-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Anees Shehzad’s death certificate says he died from a pelvic injury and gunshot wound. He was killed while protesting alongside thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capital, Islamabad, on November 26, following clashes with security forces. Khan’s …
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06-12-2024 KHARTOUM: Sara Ismail wears a black hijab and camouflage, and wields an AK-47, in the central market of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The 30-year-old is a member of the Sudan Liberation Army belonging to Minnie Arko Minnawi (SLA-MM), a former Darfur rebel leader now allied with the …
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06-12-2024 SANTIAGO NILTEPEC, MEXICO: Carlos Perez, a 30-year-old Colombian migrant from Bogota, was on track to reach the United States border with his wife and 11-year-old son by the New Year. The trouble came, however, when his wife became overwhelmed with fatigue as they reached the city of Tapachula in …
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06-12-2024 DAMASCUS/ HAMA: The Syrian government said its counteroffensive has pushed back opposition fighters attempting to advance to the strategic central city of Hama, while opposition forces say they captured more Syrian troops and Iran-backed fighters in fierce battles. Forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have staged their biggest …
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05-12-2024 PARIS: The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator …
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05-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ PETRAPOLE: Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as well as food staples such as sugar, grain and even onions. “We caught smugglers in August who were …
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05-12-2024 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel in the South China Sea. The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted “in accordance with the law”. The US ambassador to the Philippines condemned China’s …
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05-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his shock move to impose martial law The president had said martial law was needed to protect the country from “North Korea’s communist forces” and to “eliminate anti-state elements” Though he cited North Korea, …
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05-12-2024 WINDHOEK: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organization (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26% but …
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05-12-2024 KABUL: Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told media they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning effectively closing off their last route to further education in the country. Five separate institutions across Afghanistan have also confirmed to media that the Taliban had …
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