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Nearly 75 Ahmadi graves desecrated by police in Pakistan’s Punjab: Community member

September 24, 2023 admin

Nearly 75 graves and minarets of two worship places belonging to the Ahmadi minority community have been demolished by police and radical Islamists in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a member of an organisation representing the minority community said on Sunday. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan officer Amir Mahmood told PTI, “Police under the pressure of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) desecrated…

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Murdoch’s stepping down is not enough to restore trust in media

September 24, 2023 admin

Rupert Murdoch, centre, attempts to speak to the media after he held a meeting with the parents and sister of murdered school girl Milly Dowler in London on July 15, 2011. Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century. U.K. journalists and politicians both hailed and reviled the…

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Karabakh refugees cross to Armenia as Azerbaijan takes control

September 24, 2023 admin

Ethnic Armenian refugees began to leave Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday for the first time since Azerbaijan launched an offensive designed to seize control of the breakaway territory and perhaps end a three-decade-old conflict. This week’s lightning operation could mark a historic geopolitical shift, with Azerbaijan victorious over the separatists and Armenia now publicly distancing itself from…

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Fighting ongoing after police officer killed in attack in north Kosovo

September 24, 2023 admin

Kosovo police officers evacuate a wounded person at a cross road leading to the Banjska Monastery in the village of Banjska on Sunday, September 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Gunmen holed up in a northern Kosovo monastery clashed with authorities Sunday, according to Prime Minister Albin Kurti, hours after a police officer was killed…

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U.S. will establish diplomatic ties with the Cook Islands and Niue as Biden hosts Pacific leaders

September 24, 2023 admin

President Joe Biden during the first U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, on Sept. 29, 2022. FILE | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden is set to establish diplomatic relations Monday with two South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands and Niue, as his administration aims to show to Pacific Island leaders…

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Pak Caretaker Minister Murtaza Solangi

September 24, 2023 admin

The minister said that Nawaz did not go abroad after a jailbreak but with the permission of the court. Karachi: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif did not go to London after a jailbreak and will be treated according to the law on his return next month, caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Sunday….

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Niger’s Military Rulers Ban French Aircraft From Its Airspace

September 24, 2023 admin

Air France told AFP simply that it was “not flying over Niger airspace”. (Representational) Niamey: Niger’s military rulers have banned “French aircraft” from flying over the country’s airspace, according to the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) website. Niger’s airspace is “open to all national and international commercial flights…

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Explained | The Fukushima N-wastewater controversy

September 24, 2023 admin

The story so far: Last month, amid strong backlash from the public and neighbouring countries, Japan began the release of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. What happened? On April 13, 2021, Japan’s government announced plans to release over one million tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into…

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UK Woman Almost Loses Vision After Contact Lenses Cause An Ulcer On Her Eye

September 24, 2023 admin

She simply thought she was having some irritation from daily contact use. A 25-year-old woman in the UK nearly lost her vision after she developed an ulcer on her eye, BBC reported. According to the doctors, the ulcer was caused by her contact lenses. Notably, Steph Carrasco was suffering itchiness in her eye, following which she…

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Man In US Detained For Strolling Through Texas Airport Without Any Clothes

September 24, 2023 admin

His identity is publicly unknown at this time. A man in the US was taken into custody by police after a video showed him allegedly parading around Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, without any clothes. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport said that the airport’s Department of Public Safety responded to the…

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