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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions

October 22, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif releases a dove as he arrives to address a welcoming rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases….

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President Xi meets Pak PM Kakar, seeks ‘effective measures’ for Chinese personnel working for CPEC projects

October 20, 2023 admin

Xi assured Kakkar that China will continue to support Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed to upgrade the USD 60 billion CPEC during a meeting with Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar here but sought “effective measures” to ensure security…

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4 dead in central Washington shooting including gunman, police say

October 20, 2023 admin

A 19-year-old man shot four people Thursday in central Washington state, killing three of them, and then killed himself, police said. Toppenish Police Chief John Clary said in a statement that at about 5 a.m. the man shot and killed a 13-year-old boy, an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman at a house in Toppenish….

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 12 LIVE updates | Rage spreads across Middle East as hundreds killed in Gaza hospital blast

October 18, 2023 admin

Leaders of Western intelligence services said they are attuned to the potential fallout in their home countries of the deadly attacks by Hamas on Israel. Representatives from intelligence agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia — a coalition known as the “Five Eyes” — convened in California to discuss Chinese…

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IS group claims responsibility for Brussels shooting that killed two Swedes

October 17, 2023 admin

Police officers work outside the site of a police operation against a deadly shooting suspect, in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium, on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a shooting in Brussel’s that killed two Swedes, saying the attack targeted Sweden for its membership in a global…

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Finnish Nobel Peace laureate Ahtisaari dies at 86

October 16, 2023 admin

File picture of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari poses with his medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari, who served as Finland’s 10th president between 1994 and 2000, died on Monday at the age of 86, the…

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Israel-Hamas War | ‘Mass displacement’ towards southern Gaza, says U.N.

October 15, 2023 admin

A truck transports a Palestinian family and their belongings to Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel’s order to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip has triggered “mass displacement” towards the south of the Palestinian enclave, the United Nations said on October 15. Israel has warned 1.1…

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France bans pro-Palestinian protests, vows to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism

October 13, 2023 admin

Representational image of a Palestinian flag on a barricade protecting the Israeli embassy in Mexico | Photo Credit: AP France’s interior minister on Thursday ordered local authorities to ban all pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid a rise in antisemitic acts since Hamas attacked Israel over the weekend. President Emmanuel Macron urged French people not to allow the…

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Israel-Hamas war, day 6 live updates | Iran’s president, Saudi crown prince hold call to discuss conflict

October 12, 2023 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a wartime Cabinet to oversee the fight to avenge the gruesome weekend attack Source link

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Israel-Hamas war | 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants found around Gaza strip, says Israel Army

October 10, 2023 admin

Smoke seeps out of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s al-Rimal district, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “Approximately 1,500 bodies of…

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