Tue, 21-Oct-2025

DG FIA appoints Jahanzb Nazir as Director Lahore Zone-1

FIA

Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Rai Tahir on Wednesday appointed DIG Jahanzb Nazir Khan as new Director FIA Lahore Zone-1. Read more: Gujranwala meeting: Imran says he is bringing a revolution in Pakistan The important post was lying vacant since former director DIG Dr Muhammad Rizwan was transferred who later on died due to heart … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will ‘blame themselves’ for their star power fading

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

According to royal fans cited by The Daily Star, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the architects of their own demise. After Meghan’s first Netflix effort, an animated series called Pearl, was released earlier this month, the site polled royal admirers if they thought Meghan’s star power was eroding, and the majority said yes. One … Read more

Russia closes the Moscow bureau of a Canadian network and exiles journalists

Russia stated that it would close the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) Moscow offices and revoke its staff’ accreditation and visas; effectively expelling them from the country. The move is retaliation for Canada’s decision to ban Russian official television channel Russia Today; the channel is accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda. Canada’s French-language channel was likewise shut … Read more

Gueye refused to wear PSG shirt with rainbow emblem

PSG

Idrissa Gueye of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has refused to participate in a match in order to avoid wearing a rainbow emblem in favor of LGBTQ+ rights. The former Aston Villa and Everton midfielder missed Saturday’s 4-0 triumph over Montpellier. Mauricio Pochettino, the PSG manager, merely confirmed Gueye was absent due to “personal reasons.” Gueye apparently … Read more

Germany to strip Schroeder of official perks over Russia ties

Germany

Germany’s ruling coalition will seek to deprive former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of official perks such as chauffeurs on Thursday for his obstinate refusal to cut ties with Russian energy behemoths. Schroeder will lose offices and employees paid for by taxpayers at an annual cost of around 400,000 euros ($421,000) under an application made by the … Read more

Suspended sentence for German woman who joined IS aged 15

German

A German woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria as a 15-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison suspended On Wednesday,  but cleared of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. Leonora Messing, now 22, was found guilty of terrorist organization membership by judges, according to a spokesman for the Naumburg higher regional court. … Read more

Following the Roe v. Wade decision, an internal DHS paper warns of dangers from extremists on both sides of the abortion debate

At least 25 violent threats on social media have been reported to law enforcement; since the Supreme Court draught judgement overturning Roe v. Wade was published on May 2. According to a copy of the document, an internal Department of Homeland Security memo issued Friday warned about increased threats; threats from abortion rights radicals on … Read more

Greece to drop most mask restrictions from June 1

restrictions

Greece’s health minister announced Wednesday that most mask restrictions will be lifted from June 1 to mid-September, coinciding with the peak of the country’s vital tourism season. Masks, according to Thanos Plevris, will no longer be required in most areas, including planes and intercity travel, but will remain required in hospitals, nursing homes, and city … Read more

Somalia: Hassan Mohamud’s return as the new president

After a landslide victory over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, alias Farmaajo, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud became the first person to be elected president twice in Somalia’s young democracy. Both men advanced to the third round of what was likely the most contested election in the country’s history. It had more than 36 contestants. Mohamud, who is … Read more

Prince Harry’s Invictus Games have suffered a major setback

Prince Harry

Since Harry’s beloved Invictus Games will no longer be associated with the UK Ministry of Defence, the charity Help for Heroes will no longer be associated with it, according to The Telegraph. According to reporter Camilla Tominey, the MoD made the decision to end the relationship with Help for Heroes prior to last month’s Games … Read more

Russian pleads guilty as Ukraine holds first war crimes trial

Russian

A 21-year-old Russian soldier on Wednesday,  pleaded guilty to the cold-blooded murder of a Ukrainian civilian, as Kyiv began a judicial reckoning for alleged atrocities after nearly three months of the war. Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since Russia’s invasion on February 24 came as President Vladimir Putin faced the prospect of NATO vastly expanding its … Read more

Africans requested for COVID shots, they denied to give them, now they no longer want to vaccinate

Africans requested for COVID shots, they denied to give them, now they no longer want to vaccinate

Inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra, children scramble over their moms as they wait for measles vaccinations. A location designated for COVID-19 shots is vacant outside. A nurse leans back in his chair and scrolls through his tablet. One mom, who is waiting for her daughter to be immunized, is well aware of the risks … Read more

CTD arrests outlawed Majeed Brigade’s terrorist, woman in Turbat: Balochistan govt spokesperson

Farah Azeem Shah

Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Makran Range has arrested a woman namely Noor Jehan along with an alleged member of the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) Majeed Brigade during a raid in Turbat. Read more: No-confidence motion submitted against Balochistan CM Bazinjo This was revealed by the spokesperson of the Balochistan government, Farah Azeem Shah while addressing a … Read more

Russia closes Moscow bureau of CBC

Russia’s foreign ministry said today that it was closing the CBC’s Moscow bureau and removing visas and accreditation for the public broadcaster’s journalists. Canada bans Russian state TV channel Russia Today. “With regret we continue to notice open attacks on the Russian media from the countries of the so-called collective West who call themselves civilised,” … Read more

Pakistan name new white-ball squad to take against Sri Lanka

Pakistan

After naming three uncapped players in their ODI and T20I teams on Wednesday, Pakistan may introduce some new faces during their white-ball series against Sri Lanka later this month. Bismah Mahroof, the veteran captain, will lead Pakistan in three ODIs and three T20s in Karachi, with experienced duo Diana Baig and Aliya Riaz, as well … Read more

A prison officer in New York was punished after reportedly sharing a social media post ridiculing the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket

After reportedly sharing a social media message joking about the Tops supermarket massacre over the weekend; that left ten people dead and three more injured, a New York prison officer has been suspended without pay. Gregory C. Foster II, a prison officer, roughly an hour south of Buffalo, made a “despicable social media post”; according … Read more

Russia ‘scraping the barrel’ of equipment

Justin Crump, a retired British Army tank commander, explains the “interesting compromise” on Mariupol’s evacuation. “Russia appears to have compromised on control of that surrendering process,” he continued, “I believe to assure fair treatment of prisoners, which is perhaps more than they had initially expected if they surrendered to Russian forces a few days ago.” … Read more

North Korean leader Kim UN blasts officials for their “immaturity” in dealing with the COVID epidemic

North Korean leader Kim UN blasts officials for their "immaturity" in dealing with the COVID epidemic

As fever cases swept the country, North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN lambasted his country’s reaction to its first verified COVID-19 epidemic as immature, accusing government officials of deficiencies and inertia, according to state media. After the COVID outbreak was publicized last week, North Korea claimed 232,880 more people with fever symptoms and six more deaths. … Read more

Xi says China will ‘open still wider’ despite tight border controls

China

China will continue to open up to the rest of the world, President Xi Jinping said at a trade summit on Wednesday, just days after Beijing tightened border controls. Xi’s remarks come as many foreign businesses have had their operations halted in financial hub Shanghai due to a lingering Covid-19 lockdown, with the American Chamber … Read more

Ukrainian fighters surrendered at Azovstal sent to hospital in Novoazovsk

According to the Russian defense ministry, Ukrainian fighters who surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were brought to a hospital in Novoazovsk, in the breakaway Donetsk republic. Since Monday, about 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who locked themselves in tunnels on the location have surrendered to Russian and pro-Russian forces. Officials in Ukraine have blocked all … Read more

An ex-Minneapolis cop admits to manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd

Minnesota’s attorney general stated Wednesday that Thomas Lane had filed a guilty plea to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. In the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose police assassination sparked worldwide protests against systematic racism; a former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday. Minnesota Attorney General Keith … Read more

Ex-police officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd death

George Floyd

One of three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty on Wednesday, to manslaughter charges. In February, Thomas Lane was convicted on federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights, the African-American man whose murder in May 2020 sparked nationwide protests. Lane, who is white, was scheduled to stand … Read more