Pakistan army says Islamist militant attack kills 23 soldiers

Pakistan army says Islamist militant attack kills 23 soldiers

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Islamist militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 23 soldiers, the army said, the latest attack in recent months claimed by a Pakistani Taliban group. The bomb and gun attack occurred in the district of Dera Ismail … Read more

Finland to close all but northernmost border crossing with Russia

Finland to close all but northernmost border crossing with Russia

HELSINKI, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Finland will close all but the northernmost crossing point on its border with Russia from midnight on Friday in a bid to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the month, more than 600 people without … Read more

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 31 (Reuters) – As the clock ticked down to the Nov. 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants to leave the country, Muhammad Rahim boarded a bus from Karachi to the Afghan border. “We’d live here our whole life if they didn’t send us back,” said the 35-year-old Afghan national, who was … Read more

UN chief puts spotlight on ‘movers,’ excludes US, China at climate summit

UN chief puts spotlight on ‘movers,’ excludes US, China at climate summit

[1/3]Tourists walk past the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday will gather heads of state and business leaders that he has identified as taking stronger action on climate change for a meeting aimed … Read more

Trudeau says Canada wants answers from India over slain Sikh leader

Trudeau says Canada wants answers from India over slain Sikh leader

OTTAWA, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Canada is not trying to provoke India by suggesting it was linked to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, but wants New Delhi to address the issue properly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau announced on Monday that Canadian intelligence agencies were actively pursuing credible allegations tying … Read more

Imran Khan’s graft conviction suspended by Pakistan court, lawyer says

Imran Khan’s graft conviction suspended by Pakistan court, lawyer says

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release as a judge has ordered his detention in another case. The 70-year-old former cricket hero has been at the centre of … Read more

Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued

Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued

Rescue operation completed successfully, PM says Seven students and one other were on board for hours ‘It was a unique operation that required lots of skill’-military PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, … Read more

Domino effect: India rice export ban puts market on edge for copycat curbs

Domino effect: India rice export ban puts market on edge for copycat curbs

India’s rice export ban leaves 10 mln T of world supply gap Rival rice suppliers could raise exports by 3 mln T Other producers may limit exports as local prices rally Tighter global supplies to heighten food inflation worries MUMBAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – India’s rice export ban has the world market bracing for similar … Read more

Pakistan parliament dissolved to hold national election

Pakistan parliament dissolved to hold national election

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, addresses the 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, hosted virtually by India, in Islamabad, Pakistan July 4, 2023. Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo President signed advice to retire government Sharif to start discussions to pick caretaker premier Elections delay can fuel political uncertainty – analysts ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 … Read more

Imran Khan arrested after Pakistan court sentences ex-prime minister to three years in jail

Imran Khan arrested after Pakistan court sentences ex-prime minister to three years in jail

[1/4]Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Police arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially … Read more