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Railway staffers filmed gang rape in moving train in Karachi
The investigating officer (IO) of the case, Inspector Habibullah Khattak, submitted this before Judicial Magistrate (South) Shahnawaz in a progress report, reports Dawn news. The Railway Police had arrested five staffers of the privately managed Bahaudin Zakria Express for allegedly sexually assaulting the 25-year-old victim on May 27. On Saturday, the IO produced the suspects in court on expiry of their physical remand and sought an extension in the same.
Needle attacks spike in France, reasons unknown
French television BFMTV has reported 319 such cases in nightclubs alone. Police complaints have been filed by 275 victims, reports Xinhua news agency. Men and women can equally fall victim to needle spiking, and, according to social media, people have been attacked with needles in different parts of the body. On social media, French nightclub and bar victims relate their stories using the hashtag "call on your bar", Leila Chaouachi, a pharmacist at the Addictovigilance Center in Paris, told Xinhua.
President Putin signs law on non-compliance with ECHR decisions
In accordance with the law, Russia will not abide by the ECHR rulings adopted after March 15, when the country announced its exit from the Council of Europe, Xinhua news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying. Besides, compensations assessed by the ECHR will be made only in rubles and transferred only to accounts in Russian banks.
Will 'fight to the end' for Taiwan, says China
Wei Fenghe made the remarks while addressing the ongoing 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's premier defence summit. On a question regarding Taiwan, Wei said that "Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair", reports Xinhua news agency. "China will definitely realise its reunification. Those who pursue "Taiwan independence in an attempt to split China will definitely come to no good end, and foreign interference is doomed to failure", he said.
President Zelensky asks EU for 7th sanctions package against Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky made the remark at a joint press conference in Kiev with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. "The war continues, so a seventh package of sanctions is needed," the President said. He believes sanctions should be imposed on all Russian officials and judges who are working on repression.
Kim Jong-un extends full support to President Putin amid Ukraine war
The Russian people have "achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country, while braving all sorts of challenges and hardships", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim as saying in a message to Putin on the occasion of Russia Day. "The Korean people extend full support and encouragement to them."
Blasphemy issue fuels protests in PoK too
In reaction to the statement made by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, one found the Pakistani media and radical Islamic organisations full of strong rhetoric targeting India, the BJP and, of course, the two party members who had made statements on Islam and had come under criticism by the Muslim world. Protestors carried banners inscribed with slogans such as "we offer our life for the honor of the Prophet", "Hang Nupur the blasphemer" etc.
Growing frustration, dismay in Gilgit-Baltistan and refugees' condition in PoK
Their grievance is that they have not been granted freedom in the real sense, though they had attained the so-called freedom 74 years ago through compulsion and muscle power. Most people in GB feel that the so-called freedom they have today is meaningless and GB's accession to Pakistan is also fruitless.
Russia's Duma speaker alludes to 'new G8' which includes India
In a Telegram post, Volodin included a table with IMF data on GDP based on purchasing power parity of countries he calls the "new G8" and of countries forming the current G7 (after Russia's participation in the bloc was suspended over Crimea's vote to join the country in 2014, the G8 effectively turned into the G7), RT reported.
'Asian water tower' faces worsening supply imbalance, 2 bn people at risk
This will lead to greater water demand in densely populated downstream countries, according to a new paper published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The Third Pole, which includes the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges, is known as the "Asian water tower". With the largest global store of frozen water after the Antarctic and Arctic, the Third Pole region,
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