ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have devised special traffic plan for convenience of road users in connection with the parade on March 23 and preparations for it. According to ITP traffic plan issued by the office of Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Rai Mazhar Iqbal, it has been announced that entry of heavy transport vehicles […]
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115 killed in military crackdown in Nigeria: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive force and killing at least 115 people in a crackdown on separatist agitators in the country’s restive southeast. Violence has flared in Nigeria’s southeastern states this year, claiming the lives of at least 127 police or members of the security services, according to the […]
Police officer killed in incident outside Pentagon
A police officer was killed at the Pentagon’s mass transit terminal Tuesday in an incident that forced the lockdown of the US military headquarters, the Defense Department said. Employees in the Pentagon building in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, were ordered to shelter in place for more than an hour after gunfire erupted in the […]
Zambia president deploys army to quell violence ahead of vote
Zambian President Edgar Lungu said Sunday he has ordered the deployment of the military to quell electoral violence ahead of elections on August 12. “Maintaining law and order is a daily chore of the police, but sometimes they need help from other security wings,” Lungu said. In several parts of the country, supporters of the […]
US renews call on Myanmar to free journalist amid Covid fears
The United States on Friday renewed calls on Myanmar’s junta to free a jailed US journalist as concerns grow about a Covid-19 outbreak in prisons packed with detained activists. Danny Fenster, managing editor of the Frontier Myanmar news outlet, was taken into custody on May 24 after the military deposed the civilian government on charges […]
Biden to host Iraqi PM at White House on July 26
President Joe Biden will welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi to the White House this month, his office said Friday. The July 26 meeting will “highlight the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq,” the White House said in a statement. Kadhemi and US envoy Brett McGurk discussed the withdrawal of troops from Iraq […]
75 children killed, around 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup: UN experts
Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a coup more than five months ago, UN rights experts warned Friday. The UN child rights committee said it had received “credible information” that 75 children had been killed and around 1,000 arrested in Myanmar since February 1. “Children in Myanmar are […]
White House says 20,000 Afghan interpreters asking for US asylum
About 20,000 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the United States during its war in Afghanistan and now fear retribution from Taliban insurgents have applied for evacuation, the White House said Thursday. “There are approximately 20,000 Afghans who have applied,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. Psaki said those are all former translators for the […]
France’s Sahel military force will end in early 2022: Macron
France’s anti-jihadist military force in the Sahel region, which today involves over 5,000 troops, will end in the first quarter of 2022, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday. Last week Macron announced a gradual drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel and the end of the existing Barkhane operation. Now he has put a timeline […]
US, France expand special forces cooperation
The US and French defense chiefs signed a new “roadmap” for cooperation between their special operations forces Friday as both seek to build international efforts to counter non-state threats like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. French Defense Minister Florence Parly signed the pact at the Pentagon with her counterpart Lloyd Austin, on a visit […]