Supporters gather at home of Pakistan’s former PM Khan, aiming to foil arrest

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan/Photograph: Reuters By Reuters Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, gathered on Monday outside his hilltop mansion in the capital, vowing to prevent his arrest on anti-terrorism accusations, officials of his political party said. The move follows a police case filed against Khan on Saturday for

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Qatar detains workers protesting late pay before World Cup

File – Branding is displayed near the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in Doha, Qatar, March 31, 2022. Qatar recently arrested at least 60 workers who protested going months without pay and deported some of them, an advocacy group said, just three months before Doha hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The move comes as

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Treating refugees like ‘waste people’ is abhorrent, wherever they end up

Priti Patel said criticism of the scheme “speaks of inbuilt prejudice and… racism’. Photograph: Reuters The Guardian By Kenan Malik The email from a Foreign Office official to colleagues in the Home Office in response to Britain’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was disclosed during a court case last week, during which a

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Russia used hypersonic missiles 3 times in Ukraine: defense chief

By Anadolu Agency The Russian army used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles three times in Ukraine, said the Russian defense minister on Sunday. Speaking to Russia’s Rossiya-1 TV Channel, Sergei Shoigu said Kinzhal has been used three times in special military operation with excellent results. He stated that these missiles were launched against important targets in Ukraine.

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President Farmajo sworn in as a member of the Somali parliament

The former President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, was today officially sworn in as a member of the National Assembly for the rest of his life. Mohamed Farmajo was preceded in this position by corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud who was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly in 2017, after he vacated

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Ukraine: Usyk beats Joshua, keeps heavyweight belts

Britain’s Anthony Joshua, right, takes a blow from Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk during their world heavyweight title fight at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) By The Associated Press Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he waited

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Greece’s exit from enhanced EU scrutiny ends 12 years of pain, prime minister says

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Reuters/Susana Vera/File Photo By Reuters Greece’s exit on Saturday from the European Union’s so-called enhanced surveillance framework for its economy ends 12 years of pain and allows the country greater freedom in policy making, its prime minister said. Greece’s economic performance and policies have been closely monitored under the framework

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Ethiopian Airline Plane both pilots reportedly fell asleep during flight

CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the

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Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad, Al-Shabab commander Mahad Karate are behind Mogadishu Hayat hotel attack

A photograph appear on the Internet At least 15 people were confirmed dead on Saturday as security forces battled Islamist militants who stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Somali officials told Somali Times. “The security forces continued to neutralise terrorists who have been cordoned inside a room in the hotel building, most of

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German chancellor denies any involvement in tax fraud scandal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz By Anadolu Agency German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday rejected claims by opposition politicians that he was involved in tax fraud scandal while he was mayor of Hamburg in 2016. “I had no influence on the tax proceedings of Warburg Bank,” Scholz told lawmakers, as he testified for the second time

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