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

Russian security forces remove pro-Palestinian protesters from Dagestan airport

Russian security forces remove pro-Palestinian protesters from Dagestan airport

Oct 29 (Reuters) – Russian authorities closed an airport in the city of Makhachkala in the northern Caucasus region and diverted flights, including one from Israel, after media reports showed demonstrators denouncing Israeli actions in Gaza had gathered at the facility. The Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said security forces had by 10:20 p.m. Moscow time … 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

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., as U.S. authorities accelerate removal of migrants at border with Mexico, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The … Read more

Pope wraps up Mongolia trip, says Church not bent on conversion

Pope wraps up Mongolia trip, says Church not bent on conversion

ULAANBAATAR, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up a historic trip to Mongolia whose main purpose was to visit the miniscule Catholic community but which took on international connotations because of his overtures to its neighbour China over freedom of religion. Francis ended his five-day visit with a stop to inaugurate the … Read more

Australia sets October date for historic vote on Indigenous recognition

Australia sets October date for historic vote on Indigenous recognition

Australia sets Oct 14 as date for referendum Six-week campaign kicked off on Wednesday PM Albanese calls on Australians to vote ‘Yes’ SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Australians will vote on October 14 on whether they want to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait island people, a defining moment in the struggle … 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

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings

[1/2]A police officer on a Segway patrols Sweden’s parliament Riksdagen as the terror threat level in Sweden is raised to four on a five-point scale, in Stockholm, Sweden, August 17, 2023. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights STOCKHOLM, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Sweden’s national security service raised its terrorist alert to the second-highest … Read more

Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned

Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned

[1/4]A Danish flag flies outside the foreign ministry in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM, July 31 (Reuters) – More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark on Monday as the governments of the two Nordic countries said they were examining ways to legally limit such acts in a bid to de-escalate … Read more