PAKISTAN COURT ORDERS HALTING OF OPERATION TO ARREST IMRAN KHAN

Heaps of expired shell are placed on the table of Imran Khan. Wed 15 March 2023:  A court in the Pakistani city of Lahore has ordered the immediate halt of a two-day operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until Thursday morning. Security forces first attempted to take the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party […]

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15 MARCH: UN’S ANTI-ISLAMOPHOBIA DAY ‘TO STAMP OUT ANTI-MUSLIM HATRED’

Wed 15 March 2023: The United Nations is observing March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia with the goal of taking “concrete action in the face of rising hatred, discrimination, and violence against Muslims”. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that the move is “a call for action to stamp out anti-Muslim hatred”.  “Discrimination […]

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GERMAN, BRITISH AIR FORCES INTERCEPT RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT

Wed 15 March 2023: The Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom and the Luftwaffe of Germany conducted their first joint NATO air policing scramble, intercepting a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace. On Tuesday, two British and German Typhoon planes responded after a Russian air-to-air refueling plane lost contact with Estonian air […]

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IMRAN KHAN ARREST: FRESH CLASHES AS POLICE TRY TO STORM KHAN’S HOUSE

Wed 15 March 2023: The PTI alleged on Wednesday that party chief Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore was “under extreme attack” as it posted footage of armed law enforcement personnel opening fire. In a tweet from its official account posted at 11:48am today, PTI shared a video alleging “open firing by Rangers and […]

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RUSSIAN JET COLLIDES WITH US DRONE OVER BLACK SEA -US MILITARY

Tue 14 March 2023: Russian fighter jet and an unmanned US military drone collided in international airspace over the Black Sea, according to the US Air Force, Two Russian Su-27 aircraft “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of the MQ-9 surveillance drone at 06:03 GMT on Tuesday, according to a statement from US Air Forces […]

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SITUATION ‘VERY SERIOUS’ ISRAELI PRESIDENT SAYS

Tue 14 March 2023: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has described the country’s situation as “very serious” amid the debate over the government’s move to overhaul the judiciary, Anadolu Agency reported. “We are in a serious and very serious situation that may have political, economic, social and security consequences,” Herzog said in a late Monday ceremony […]

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CYCLONE FREDDY WREAKS HAVOC IN MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE; DEATH TOLL PASSES 100

Tue 14 March 2023: Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Malawi over the weekend, killing at least 99 people there, according to authorities’ late-Monday reports. According to the newspaper The Nation, the deaths were confirmed by Charles Kalemba, a commissioner at the Department of Disaster Management Affairs. “Ninety-nine people have died, while 16 people are still […]

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