Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday. Police were looking for just over half of the suspects in the western coastal province of Izmir and the rest across 30 other […]
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Dr Ishtar-ul-Ebad’s brother arrested
Police arrested the brother of former Sindh governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad, Amir-ul-Ebad from Gulistan-e-Johar, Karachi. According to the reports, he was arrested over a bounced cheque. The reports provided by the police stated that the lawyer Tariq Niazi initially filed a first information report (FIR) regarding the bounced cheque worth Rs4 million. Amir was arrested over […]
Another Chinese human trafficking racket busted by FIA
Another human trafficking racket run by Chinese nationals was busted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday. FIA detained seven people including three Chinese nationals in Rawalpindi accountable of trafficking Pakistani girls to China through illegal marriages. The leader of the gang was also arrested, who was a Chinese national Song Chuaoyang. The Deputy […]
Police recover 10-year-old would-be bride, arrest
Despite having many laws against underage marriage, the traditional practice of marrying underage girls’ is continues in Sindh, especially in the rural areas of Northern Sindh. One such attempt to marry off an underage girl was foiled by Napar-Kot Police in Shikarpur district on Thursday, where they recovered a 10-year-old bride and arrested the 45-years […]
Iraqi police arrest man selling Saddam Hussein watches in Baghdad
Police in Iraq have arrested a man selling watches in central Baghdad with images of the country’s former dictator Saddam Hussein on their faces. Since the fall of Hussein, promotion of the former leader, the regime or the Ba’ath party is prohibited. Baghdad police department said in a statement that they acted after they had […]
Weeping teenage climate activists in peaceful protest near London’s Heathrow
Teenage protesters staged an emotional protest at political inaction on climate change near London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday, a further day of actions that have caused transport snarl-ups in the British capital. The Extinction Rebellion group of climate-change campaigners stood weeping and singing in a peaceful roadside protest less than a mile from Heathrow Terminals […]
Iranian female fighter cancels return home after arrest warrant issued
PARIS: Sadaf Khadem, who on Saturday became the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout, has cancelled her return to Tehran after an arrest warrant was issued for her there, her representative said on Wednesday. An arrest warrant was also issued against Mahyar Monshipour, the Iranian-born former boxing world champion who set up […]
‘Deterioration in relations’ behind Assange arrest
Ecuador’s decision to abruptly end Julian Assange’s seven-year asylum in its London embassy on Thursday followed a long deterioration in relations, driven in part by suspicions he was secretly fuelling corruption allegations against President Lenin Moreno. British police on Thursday arrested the WikiLeaks founder, who sought asylum in the Andean nation’s diplomatic mission during the […]
Sudan’s Bashir ousted by military and placed under arrest
President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections. In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, 75, was under […]
NZ police arrest Trump fan over Christchurch mosque abuse
New Zealand police on Thursday arrested a man spotted in a “Trump” tee-shirt hurling abuse at worshippers outside one of the Christchurch mosques where dozens were killed in a massacre last month. Police said the 33-year-old man had “shaken” the Muslim community late Wednesday at the Al Noor mosque by shouting abuse at people. “Our […]