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Court sentences journalists in absentia over alleged links to violent unrest after ex-PM Imran Khan’s May 2023 arrest.A court in Pakistan has sentenced several journalists and social media commentators to life imprisonment after convicting them of inciting violence during riots in 2023 linked to the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.An anti-terrorism court judge, Tahir Abbas Sipra, announced the verdict on Friday in the capital, Islamabad, after completing trials held in absentia.- list of 3 itemsend of listThe convicted include former army officers-turned YouTubers Adil Raja and Syed Akbar Hussain; journalists Wajahat Saeed Khan, Sabir Shakir and Shaheen Sehbai,…
Investigators are rushing to identify the victims and establish the cause of a devastating fire at a New Year’s Eve party that ripped through a bar in the Swiss Alps town of Crans-Montana.Relatives and friends have been scrambling to find their loved ones, with many circulating photos on social media after the disaster that happened in the early hours of 2026, killing about 40 people and injuring about 115 others, many seriously.- list of 4 itemsend of list“We tried to reach them; some of their locations are still showing here,” Valais, a teenager who was attending the party, told the…
Dead include five members of a family in the Kabkan district in the province of Herat.Heavy rains and snowfall in Afghanistan have ended a prolonged dry spell but triggered flash floods in several areas, killing at least 17 people and injuring 11 others, according to authorities.The dead included five members of a family in a property where the roof collapsed on Thursday in Kabkan, a district in the Herat province, Mohammad Yousaf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat governor, said. Two of the victims were children.- list of 3 itemsend of listMost of the casualties have occurred since Monday in districts…
Local officials say the death toll could rise as seven people are missing following the attack on New Year’s Eve.At least three people have been killed and seven remain missing following an attack on an informal mine in northern Peru, according to local officials.In a video shared by the Peruvian news outlet Canal N on Thursday, Pataz Mayor Aldo Marino said the attack took place about an hour before midnight on New Year’s Eve.- list of 3 itemsend of list“According to information I received from the police, three people were killed at a mine entrance, and seven are missing,” Marino…
Maresca exits the club midway through a turbulent season with the team winning just one Premier League game in December.Chelsea have parted ways with Enzo Maresca, a dramatic fall from grace for the Italian who was named Manager of the Month for November before the club won just one of their last seven league games, causing them to fall out of the Premier League title race.“Chelsea Football Club and head coach Enzo Maresca have parted company,” the club said in a statement on Thursday.- list of 3 itemsend of listMaresca, who joined Chelsea in 2024 after steering Leicester City to…
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Severe weather warning is issued by the Palestinian Meteorological Department, with heavy rain and hail expected across Palestine.Published On 1 Jan 20261 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
Latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 112 since early September.The United States military has killed at least five people in yet another attack on alleged drug smuggling boats, and ordered the country’s coastguard to launch a search for survivors.The statement by US Southern Command on Wednesday did not reveal where the attacks occurred.- list of 4 itemsend of listPrevious attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.A video posted by the Southern Command on social media shows the boats travelling…
NewsFeed“Israel has been carrying out smear campaigns for years.” Humanitarian organisations including Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders are slamming Israel’s decision to ban them from aiding Palestinians in Gaza, rejecting claims they enable terrorism.Published On 31 Dec 202531 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
Robbers stole items worth up to $105bn from safe-deposit boxes held at a German retail bank in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, during the Christmas holiday, German police said on Tuesday.The German news agency dpa reported that it may rank among the biggest thefts in the country’s history.What happened and what was stolen?The thieves broke into a branch of Sparkasse bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen, in North Rhine-Westphalia state, from an adjacent parking garage, according to the police, at some point when businesses were closed for the Christmas holiday.The German state is home to museums and Gothic architecture. Its capital,…
Scroll back through the last year, and the same words come up again and again.The top-trending terms of 2025, from artificial intelligence to Zohran Mamdani, shaped headlines across politics, conflict, technology and climate.As the year comes to a close, AJ Labs has compiled an A to Z list of names, places and issues that generated sustained interest throughout 2025, according to a loose analysis of our own most-viewed story tags and those that appeared in Google’s most searched.Taken together, these terms are a patchwork of issues that are also likely to spill into 2026, from ongoing conflicts to a changing…
