A senior Pakistani diplomat has called on the UN Security Council to “act swiftly” to designate the “foreign-funded” Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist group under its sanctions regime, established by Resolution 1267 in 1999, as he renewed Pakistan’s pledge to combat and eradicate terrorists on its soil. Speaking in a Council debate on […]
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Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS ‘war crimes’
An Iraqi refugee in France thought to be a former senior member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Paris and indicted on suspicion of “war crimes” over his alleged involvement in a massacre in his country. The 33-year-old man, referred to as Ahmed H, is accused of having participated in the June […]