Wed 27 September 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been transferred to a jail near capital Islamabad after a court extended his custody by two more weeks in a state secrets case related to his 2022 removal. Khan, 70, was moved to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi city on Tuesday night after having spent […]
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Wed 27 September 2023: At least 100 people are dead and more than 150 injured after a fire ripped through a wedding celebration in northern Iraq. According to the Iraq’s health ministry, many of the injured are in “unstable condition” and the critically injured are being taken to hospitals that specialise in burns. Iraq’s civil […]
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Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress, holding flags and placards, march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs. Wed 27 September 2023: Nigeria’s two biggest workers’ unions plan to start an indefinite strike next week to protest against a cost of living crisis after the government scrapped a popular but costly petrol subsidy, […]
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Ibtihaj Muhammad is an American sabre fencer and member of the United States fencing team. Wed 27 September 2023: No one has a say in what women should wear, a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokeswoman said on Tuesday, weighing in on France’s recent ban on headscarves for athletes in next year’s […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: After Ukraine claimed he was killed in one of its attacks, Moscow provided footage purporting to show Black Sea Fleet Commander Viktor Sokolov alive. Several photographs and a video released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday showed Sokolov attending an online meeting chaired by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. However, he […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Wagner’s press service stated on Tuesday that the group’s operations in Africa and Belarus will continue despite the death of its leader, Evgeny Prigozhin. “PMC (private military company) Wagner continues its work in the African and Belarusian directions. There is no question of closing the company. The command of the PMC […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: South Africa is dealing with a number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7 outbreaks, with more than 50 cases confirmed in various parts of the country, according to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). The department has urged poultry farmers to immediately report any […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Two decades on, the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). An HRW report published on Monday said the New York-based group found no evidence that the US […]
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Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov. Tue 26 September 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year. Footage posted on social media last week of an event in Dublin in 2022 showed the official appearing to snub […]
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