By Dr Ansab Ali – Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: The Emergency Services Department (ESD) responded to 1,308 road traffic crashes across all 37 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours. These incidents resulted in 11 fatalities and 1,550 injuries. According to the ESD, 691 seriously injured individuals were shifted to various hospitals, while 859 victims…
Paul Njie, Thomas Naadi, Chiagozie Nwonwu,BBC Africa reporters, Lucy Flemingand Mansur Abubakar BTV Most of the soldiers who appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning are on the run Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday’s attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear…
AFP via Getty Images The thieves reportedly walked into the library during normal opening hours Two armed men have stolen eight engravings by French artist Matisse and at least another five by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari from a library in São Paulo. Brazilian officials say the thieves held up a security guard and an elderly…
Islamabad—Muhammad Saleem Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, in a major address to officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force at the newly established Defence Forces Headquarters, described the restructuring as a “historic and transformative milestone” for the country’s security architecture. He stated that with evolving regional threats and…
Jeremy BowenInternational Editor BBC A year ago, the war that President Bashar al-Assad seemed to have won was turned upside down. A rebel force had broken out of Idlib, a Syrian province on the border with Turkey, and was storming towards Damascus. It was led by a man known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and his…
Claire MawisaBBC Africa Eye, Free State BBC Marthinus has applied to move to the US fearing for his family’s safety The 4m-high (13ft) electric steel gates, capped with spikes, creak open as Marthinus, a farmer, drives through in his pick-up truck. Cameras positioned at the entrance track his every move, while reams of barbed wire…
Donald Trump has slammed Democrat Henry Cuellar’s “lack of loyalty” for not defecting to the Republican party after he was pardoned by the US president. In issuing his pardon on Wednesday, Trump said the Texas representative – who was charged last year with bribery and money laundering – had been politically targeted by the Biden…
London’s Heathrow Airport witnessed chaos when unknown individuals sprayed pepper spray inside a passenger area. According to airport officials: 5 passengers were affected severely and were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital. 16 others received first aid at the scene. Following the incident, security at Heathrow Airport has been further tightened, and an investigation has…
Federal Health Minister and MQM leader Mustafa Kamal has said that people should be grateful the Pakistan Army is responding to allegations only through press conferences, despite what he called “extremely filthy accusations.” Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, Mustafa Kamal said the Pakistan Army has defeated the ambitions of a much larger Indian…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has turned down U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing corruption cases for the past five years. Trump wrote a letter to the Israeli president, calling the charges against Netanyahu unfair and political. He asked that Netanyahu be pardoned. President Herzog rejected…
