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[1] tracking geese sightings around the University of Waterloo | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.
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France announced on Saturday it had banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from entry for a video mocking bound activists seized by Israeli soldiers on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
“From today, Itamar Ben Gvir is banned from entering French territory” after “his reprehensible actions towards French and European citizens” who were part of the humanitarian flotilla, French Foreign…
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) against the petroleum levy, arguing that the government had effectively granted itself unrestricted power to tax citizens through executive notifications without parliamentary oversight.
The government had announced a petroleum and carbon levy on June 14, 2025, under an iron-clad…
Wisden has criticised Indian political interference in global cricket administration, labelling the current situation “increasingly Orwellian”.
The UK-based Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which dates back to 1864, is an annual record of all major cricket worldwide and is regarded as the sport’s “Bible”.
In its 163rd annual edition, to be published on Thursday, editor Lawrence Booth highlighted…
China called on Friday for Palestinians’ rights to be protected after Israel approved a bill to allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks.
Under the new law, passed by Israel’s parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” will face the death penalty as a…
King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with President Donald Trump, damaged by the war on Iran.
Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the US in a long-planned trip to mark the 250th anniversary of that country’s independence from British…
The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday condemned statements against Pakistan’s status under the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+).
The remarks come a day after as government officials bitterly criticised ex-premier Imran Khan’s son Kasim and party leader Zulfi Bukhari for allegedly attempting to derail the country’s GSP+…
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Thursday blocked the passage of a bill seeking the transformation of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) — a border security force — into the Federal Constabulary due to a lack of quorum in the National Assembly.
The development coincided with the lapse of an ordinance promulgated by the president in July last year, empowering the federal government to transform the FC…
• Threatens to cut off all trade with Madrid after Sanchez terms attack on Iran breach of int’l law
• Calls UK ‘a reluctant partner’
• Macron sends aircraft carrier to Mediterranean
WASHINGTON: Amid the ongoing war on Iran, US President Donald Trump criticised Spain and UK on Tuesday after the left-wing government of Pedro Sanchez condemned the US-Israeli attack as ‘a breach of international…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to hear former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s petitions seeking the suspension of their sentences in the £190 million corruption case on March 11.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan resumed the case proceedings on Thursday.
During the hearing, the bench…
PPP leader Sharjeel Inam Memon on Sunday said that PTI founder Imran Khan’s release was “in his own hands” as it depended on his party’s “attitude”.
The Sindh senior minister made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a visit to a site of ongoing development work in Karachi.
In response to a question regarding Imran’s release, the minister maintained that the incarcerated former…
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution declaring Karachi an “inseparable part” of the province and opposing any move that suggested otherwise.
The resolution, tabled by CM Murad, stated that the House “unequivocally condemns and rejects any conspiracy aimed at the division of Sindh or the creation of a separate province comprising Karachi”.
“Karachi is, and shall forever…
LAHORE: Punjab province is set to repatriate 20 Afghan nationals on Thursday as part of its ongoing campaign against undocumented Afghan citizens, a Punjab Home Department spokesperson said.
The nationwide repatriation drive, which began in late 2023, has strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) earlier criticised the policy,…
• Proposes fixed monthly electricity charges of Rs200-675 for over 28.5m households
• Aims to raise Rs125bn to fund Rs4.04-per-unit relief for industry
• Nepra okays fuel adjustment; Feb bills to rise by Rs1.21 per unit
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed imposing a monthly fixed charge of between Rs200 and Rs675 on more than 28.5 million residential electricity consumers to raise around…