Le Pen questions President's role as army chief ahead of election
With just three days to go until France’s landmark legislative election, the country’s far-right leader on Thursday raised the question of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over the government after the two-round balloting. The early elections are plunging France into uncharted territory, and...
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China’s former defence minister expelled from Communist Party
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‘Foolproof arrangements for Chinese citizens security’
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Court denies Imran's appeal to suspend sentence in illegal marriage case
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Zelenskyy urges EU leaders to fulfill arms commitments
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I was in tears laughing, Australia skipper Marsh sees the funny side of Naib's theatrics
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FHRAI seeks infra status for hotels, convention centres
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As Iran’s prez vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz extends olive branch to Imran Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday extended an olive branch to his predecessor and political rival Imran Khan, offering to hold talks with him if was facing “troubles” in jail. Khan, the founder of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, has been in jail since August last year after being convicted...
Heatwave kills 450 in Karachi region in 4 days
(): A searing heat wave that has hit Pakistan’s biggest city has led to the death of at least 450 people over the last four days, a leading NGO claimed on Wednesday. The Edhi Foundation said it received at least 427 bodies in the last four days excluding Wednesday while...
Sri Lanka finalises debt restructuring agreement
Sri Lanka’s government said on Wednesday it has finalised a long-delayed debt restructuring agreement for USD 5.8 billion with its bilateral lenders, including India and China, in Paris to meet a key condition of an IMF bailout. This was announced by President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office, which said the agreement grants significant...
Zelenskyy scolds officials who shirk their duties
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled Wednesday that he is getting tough on officials he suspects are shirking their duties in the war with Russia that is now in its third year. Zelenskyy and Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground...
NATO picks outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte as its next secy-general
NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters...
Suspect kills self after shootings near Las Vegas leave 5 people dead, teen hurt
A man who fatally shot five people and critically injured a 13-year-old girl at apartments near Las Vegas has killed himself, authorities said on Tuesday. The North Las Vegas Police Department said the suspected shooter, 57-year-old Eric Adams, killed himself Tuesday morning as he was confronted by officers in a neighborhood....
US journalist goes on trial in Russia for ‘espionage’
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the US government vehemently deny. The 32-year-old journalist appeared in the court in a glass defendants’ cage, his...
