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September 8, 2018

Protests as Moldova ‘deports Turkish teachers’

The human rights group Amnesty International has protested over Moldova’s arrest and deportation of seven Turkish school staff. Turkish media say Turkey’s intelligence service MIT was […]
September 8, 2018

Turkey HDP: Court jails pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas

A leading Kurdish politician has been jailed for making and “spreading terrorist propaganda” for militants fighting the Turkish state. Selahattin Demirtas, a former co-chair of the […]
September 8, 2018

US woman jailed for smuggling cocaine in high heels

A US woman who said she was tricked by a fake internet suitor into smuggling drugs into Australia has been jailed. Denise Marie Woodrum, 51, was […]
September 8, 2018

US teen charged as adult over murder of 83-year-old woman

WASHINGTON: A 14-year-old suspected of having raped and killed a woman in her eighties in the US city of Baltimore was charged as an adult with […]
September 8, 2018

US charges North Korean hacker in Sony, WannaCry cyberattacks

WASHINGTON: The US government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony, […]
September 8, 2018

Global opium production hits record high: UN

ISLAMABAD: The global opium production has increased by 65 per cent to 10,500 tonnes in 2017, which is the highest level since a United Nations body […]
September 8, 2018

Canada removes Islamabad from ‘avoid non-essential travel’ cities list

The Canadian government has removed Islamabad from its list of “avoid non-essential travel” cities. The country’s official travel and tourism website was updated on August 30 […]
September 8, 2018

LHC issues notices to 69 MNAs for abstaining from vote during PM’s election

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to 69 members of the National Assembly for abstaining from voting during the election for prime minister […]