DHAKA: Violence in an election environment is completely unacceptable, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said, expressing concern over an independent candidate being shot at and seriously injured on Friday — the first instance pre-poll violence after the February 12 parliamentary election schedule was announced on Thursday.Dhaka-8 constituency candidate Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancho […]
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa (Image credits: AP) Guayaquil: Car bombings, massacres, extortion, and a security force outgunned by drug gangs: the mayor of Ecuador’s most violent city says residents are living through a “collective psychosis” and suggests the president’s hardline policies bear some of the blame.Aquiles Alvarez, 41, runs Guayaquil, a port city of nearly […]
Pakistani airstrikes hit Afghanistan’s Paktika province, with attacks reportedly targeting residential homes in Argun and Barmal districts, according to Tolo News. A Taliban official speaking to news agency AFP confirmed the strikes saying that the “truce has been broken” by Islamabad.“Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika” the official told AFP […]
Clashes in Pakistan over ‘Gaza March’ Massive protests by the hardline Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) escalated into violent clashes across multiple cities on Friday and Saturday, leaving at least 11 people dead and dozens injured. Demonstrators marched towards Islamabad in what they called a “Gaza March” to express solidarity with Palestinians and planned to […]
Supporters of Islamist party ‘Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’ take part in a rally to show their solidarity with Palestinian people, in Lahore (AP photo) Violent confrontations occurred between law enforcement and Islamist groups in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, as authorities attempted to prevent thousands of demonstrators from proceeding towards Islamabad for a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration near the […]
Jaipur, October 8 (Udaipur Kiran): In a swift and decisive action, Udaipur Police have arrested 11 accused and detained 3 juveniles in connection with a violent incident of arson, vandalism, and assault in Jabua Ka Khuna Chapa Ki Naal village under Bekariya Police Station limits. The violence erupted after the in-laws of a deceased woman […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to four years in prison on prostitution charges, though he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking charges earlier this year. The verdict wrapped up a major scandal involving the music industry, as Diddy was accused of torturing, sexual abuse, organizing freak-off parties, trafficking, etc. In the trial, he was cleared […]
ICE scuffle with journalists: Federal agents shove reporters at NYC immigration court Federal agents at a Manhattan immigration court clashed with journalists on Tuesday, injuring one and raising renewed concerns over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.Visual journalist L Vural Elibol of the Turkish news agency Anadolu was shoved to the floor outside an elevator […]
Michigan church shooting (Picture credit: AP) Investigators in Michigan are intensively examining the life and actions of a man who killed four people and injured eight others in a church attack over the weekend, as officials work to determine his motive behind the attack and know what drove him to commit the violence. Authorities continue […]
Clashes in Bangladesh (Image credits: ANI) At least three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday as clashes erupted between aboriginal tribesmen and the Bengali settler community in southeastern Bangladesh, following the alleged gang rape of a tribal girl.The unrest first began in Khagrachhari district headquarters, where tribal groups, mainly from the Chakma and […]
