UK ARMY KILLED 64 CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN 2006-14: REPORT

Fri 11  November 2022:  British forces have paid compensation for the deaths of 64 children in Afghanistan, a toll four times higher than the 16 child deaths publicly acknowledged by the Ministry of Defence, according to a new report. Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a United Kingdom-based charity, found that the British government paid, on […]

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PAKISTAN JOURNALIST ARSHAD SHARIF KILLED IN KENYA WAS ‘TARGETED’, SAYS OFFICIAL

Tue 08 November 2022:  Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah says the killing of Arshad Sharif in Kenya last month appears to be a targeted attack. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif appears to have been the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, and not an accidental shooting. Sharif, a well-known TV […]

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MUMBAI POLICE FILES CASE AGAINST COMEDIAN VIR DAS, NETFLIX OVER COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS

Tue 08 November 2022:  The Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against stand-up comedian Vir Das, two other persons and online streaming platform Netflix on charges of copyright rules violation following a complaint by a producer, an official said on Tuesday. Noted theatre producer Ashvin Gidwani in his police complaint said that in October 2010, […]

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CONCERNS AS US DHS HIRES LEADER OF HINDU NATIONALIST-LINKED GROUP

Mon 07 November 2022:   The appointment of Chandru Acharya to the DHS faith-based Security Advisory Council shows ‘ignorance’ of the US government, activists and academics say. The recent appointment of a Hindu nationalist community leader to an interfaith council under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has raised “concern”. In September, the DHS […]

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SRI LANKAN CRICKETER DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA CHARGED WITH ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN AUSTRALIA

 Sun 06 November 2022:  Danushka Gunathilaka, a cricketer representing Sri Lanka, was detained and charged in Sydney for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman hours after the national team lost to England at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. Gunathilaka missed the opening round of the World Cup due to a hamstring injury, but he stayed […]

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SAUDI ARABIA, CHINA, ASSURE PAKISTAN OF $13 BILLION IN FUNDING AMID ONGOING CRISES

Sun 06 November 2022: China and Saudi Arabia have guaranteed $13 billion in funding to Pakistan as it continues to struggle with economic and environmental crises. According to the newspaper Dawn, Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told reporters that China said it will provide $4 billion worth of sovereign loans to the country, as well as […]

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IMRAN KHAN’S PARTY TO HOLD PROTESTS AFTER ‘ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT’

Fri 04 November 2022:  As emotions in the South Asian country remained high, the party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and hurt in what appeared to be an assassination attempt, announced that nationwide rallies will take place on Friday. Khan was leading a protest march on Islamabad on Thursday when […]

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PENTAGON CHIEF: NUCLEAR ATTACK ON US OR ALLIES WOULD ‘RESULT IN THE END OF THE KIM REGIME’

Fri 04 November 2022:  In a joint statement issued on Thursday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean colleague Lee Jong-sup stated that any nuclear assault on the US or its allies would “result in the end of the Kim regime.” This comes after the North Korean regime conducted several missile launches over […]

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