Pakistani authorities have detained hundreds of members of Imran Khan’s party, police officials told AFP on Monday, as a protest movement in support of the jailed former prime minister appeared to falter. The detentions followed the central government’s imposition of emergency rule on Sunday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial stronghold of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
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Top NATO commander warns Russia any attack would be ‘futile’
NATO’s top military commander said Monday the alliance would “block, blunt, and break” any attack on its members, in a warning to Russia as fears grow over the threat from Moscow.”If someone is foolish enough to attack us, we will fight. We will stop the attack and deny them the ability to achieve their objectives, […]
UNHCR sounds alarm on funding crisis
The UN refugees chief warned Monday about being “asked to do the impossible”, with his agency over-stretched by a huge funding shortfall and heavy displacement. Barham Salih, the United Nations’ high commissioner for refugees, said the UNHCR had slashed its workforce due to budget cuts, while the number of forcibly displaced people remains near record […]
Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatens landfall
Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico’s Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain on Monday, as it threatens to make landfall this week, according to the US National Hurricane Center. The hurricane — downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale — was moving slowly and remained dangerous. Simon is expected “to […]
Italian rice farmer beats heat with biodiversity haven
Four hundred years after monks transformed a patch of marshlands in northwest Italy into rice fields, farmer Alice Cerutti has restored a third to their natural state, prioritising biodiversity over crop yield. Golden rice fields stretch across the Vercelli plain between Milan and Turin, a parcelled landscape broken only by the wood and wetlands created […]
France’s high school students plan fresh protests
France’s high school students on Monday begin a new stage of their campaign for improved conditions, hoping to maintain the momentum with a fresh wave of demonstrations. The new protests, scheduled for Tuesday, could be a turning point in the movement, launched in mid-September, which the government hopes is already winding down. On Friday, the […]
Opposition, journalists allege police abuses during India protests
Opposition leaders and journalists accused police of heavy-handed tactics during weekend demonstrations, as authorities locked down New Delhi on Monday ahead of a fresh rally against the election chief. Authorities deployed thousands of personnel across central Delhi for a third straight day, erecting heavy metal barricades and closing key metro stations before a march called […]
Melbourne man linked to suspected flydubai hijacker condemns ‘false accusations’
A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at “false accusations”. The Omani co-pilot, now in custody in the UAE, had drawn inspiration from Al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, and […]
Pope to have surgery to remove lung nodule
Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage”.”During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localised,” […]