Wed 27 November 2024: Top aide to imprisoned former prime minister says hundreds of protesters shot as authorities end lockdown after evicting PTI supporters Pakistan’s security forces have driven supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Islamabad following a sweeping crackdown overnight. Authorities reopened roads linking the capital with the rest of the […]
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Tue 26 November 2024: The impact of a US indictment of the group’s chairman is spreading as multiple projects say they are reviewing deals with Adani. French oil major TotalEnergies has halted investments in the Adani Group after the Indian ports-to-power conglomerate was engulfed in a crisis over an alleged multimillion-dollar bribery scheme. The move, […]
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Mon 25 November 2024: The convoy of PTI supporters has arrived in Islamabad and is making its way to the D-Chowk, its final destination in Islamabad. D-Chowk lies in the “Red Zone”, an area housing key government institutions. PTI leader Asim Arbab confirmed the development to Al Jazeera, saying that thousands of people are following […]
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Mon 25 November 2024: Home Minister says government will await court’s full judgement before deciding on next move. A Malaysian court has ordered the government to return dozens of Swatch watches seized by authorities over their designs celebrating LGBTQ pride. The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday ruled that the Ministry of Home Affairs should […]
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Mon 25 November 2024: China on Monday blasted plans of the US to set up military bases and deploy missile units in Japan and the Philippines “in the event of a Taiwan contingency.” Beijing “firmly opposes countries using the Taiwan issue as a pretext to increase military deployments in the region, which only stirs up […]
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Mon 25 November 2024: The death toll has risen to five as police fired on Muslims protesting the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Sunday. Tensions erupted after locals resisted the court-ordered survey team, who were accompanied by a Hindutva mob chanting “Jai Shri Ram,” leading to clashes with the police. […]
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Sun 24 November 2024: Authorities suspend mobile and internet services in Islamabad as ex-PM’s supporters plan march seeking his release Pakistan’s capital has been placed under a security lockdown to prevent supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan from marching to Islamabad as part of the nationwide protests to seek his release. Authorities suspended […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: In what is seen as a major electoral victory, India’s main ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance on Saturday won in the southwestern state of Maharashtra, which witnessed polling of votes three days ago. Maharashtra’s state capital Mumbai is the country’s financial capital. Counting of votes was still going on, but […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: At least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, officials say. The violence overnight on Saturday was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, just days after a deadly attack on a convoy in the […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: The newly appointed ambassador of Uzbekistan, Oibek Usmanov, presented a copy of his credentials to Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul on Wednesday. Muttaqi Usmanov and assured him that the ministry will fully cooperate with him on relevant matters. The acting minister said Afghanistan and Uzbekistan […]
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