Germany minister accused of manipulating refugee statistics

MUNICH – November 6 (ONLINE) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is facing allegations that the numbers of refugees arriving in Germany since the start of the year have been manipulated, local media reports have said. Saturday’s reports said that while Faeser claims only 57,647 refugees […]

PTI to resume long march Tuesday: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE – November 6 (ONLINE) Former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday announced his party will resume marching towards Islamabad this Tuesday from the very point in Punjab’s Wazirabad where he was shot at. Imran’s ‘Haqiqi Azadi March’ was disrupted […]

Stand-off at port as Italy accepts only some rescued migrants

Rome, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Italy on Sunday took in families with babies and vulnerable migrants rescued in the Mediterranean as charities slammed Rome’s decision to order the others back into international waters. As humanitarian vessels waited in the port of Catania to disembark those saved, a […]

Jailed Egypt dissident on ‘water strike’ as UK vows support

Cairo, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as world leaders arrive in the country for the COP27 climate summit. A major figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime president Hosni […]

North Korea fires four short-range ballistic missiles

Seoul, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a blitz of weapons launches by Pyongyang this week. The flurry of North Korean launches has included an intercontinental ballistic missile and […]

US ramps up South Korea joint air drills with B-1B heavy bomber

Seoul, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):A US B-1B long-range heavy bomber will participate in ongoing joint air drills with South Korea on Saturday, a defence ministry official in Seoul told, ramping up a show of force after North Korea’s blitz of missile launches. Pyongyang’s flurry of launches […]

Russia says thousands removed from Kherson daily

Moscow, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):Moscow was pushing ahead Friday with a civilian pullout from the Russian-occupied Kherson region amid a mounting Ukrainian counter-offensive, with President Vladimir Putin saying residents must be “removed” from danger zones. The Russian army said “more than 5,000 civilians” were being led […]

Ten feared dead as protesters fired on in southeast Iran: Amnesty

Paris, Nov 4 (AFP/APP):Up to 10 people, including children, are feared to have been killed Friday when Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Amnesty International said. Protests erupted after Friday prayers in the provincial capital of Zahedan but […]

Pope calls for global unity ahead of grand imam meeting in Bahrain

Awali, Bahrain, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis warned Friday the world is on the edge of a “delicate precipice” buffeted by “winds of war”, during a trip aimed at building dialogue between faiths. The 85-year-old Argentine decried the “opposing blocs” of East and West, a […]