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Police enter US university to remove protesters
Published on 01/05/2024
» NEW YORK - New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest and disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over a campus building nearly 24 hours earlier and have occupied a tent camp at the school for nearly two weeks.
More jail time for Pakistani ex-PM Khan
Published on 03/02/2024
» ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage violated the law, ARY News reported.
India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» NEW DELHI - India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.
Verdict due in landmark Japan army sexual assault case
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese court is due Tuesday to give a verdict in the landmark trial of three ex-soldiers accused of sexual assault in a country where still very few victims come forward.
McDonald's UK boss says fast-food chain faces weekly sex abuse claims
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - McDonald's boss in Britain said Tuesday the US fast-food giant faces "one to two" sexual harassment allegations from workers every week, as he vowed to tackle the issue recently exposed by the BBC.
'Not proud at all': Japan's army struggles to recruit
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» TOKYO - A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors.
'They're afraid of joy': Pakistan's trans community fights hate
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» KARACHI - Clad in a Barbie-pink shalwar kameez, influencer and doctor Mehrub Moiz Awan reels off endless examples of harassment she's received since becoming the sharp-tongued figurehead of Pakistan's queer community.
Rights in Russia 'significantly deteriorated' since Ukraine war: UN expert
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» GENEVA: The rights situation in Russia has substantially worsened since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year, a top UN expert said Monday, decrying the "persistent use of torture" and sexual violence.
Another Trump indictment looms as grand jury hears election case
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the US state of Georgia were expected to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury Monday for what could be a sprawling, multi-defendant indictment.
Another Trump indictment looms as grand jury hears election case
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the US state of Georgia were expected to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury Monday for what could be a sprawling, multi-defendant indictment.