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Faiz Hameed led Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from 2019 to 2021
Pakistan's military sentences its former spy chief to 14 years in jail
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's former spy chief has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a military court, on charges including violation of state secrets and interfering in politics.Faiz Hameed led Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from 2019 to 2021, during the tenure of now-jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.He was known to be a staunch supporter of Khan, and took early retirement shortly after Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in 2022.It is the first time that an ISI chief in Pakistan has been court martialled.The ISI chief is seen as the second most powerful position in Pakistan's military.According to a press release issued by the public relations arm of Pakistani military (ISPR), the 15-month-long court martial proceeding began on August 12,...
December 11, 2025

Pakistan's military sentences its former spy chief to 14 years in jail

The three Israelis were deported from the Kotoka International Airport in Accra
Ghana deports Israelis in retaliation for alleged mistreatment of nationals at airport
ACCRA — Ghana has deported three Israeli nationals who arrived in the country on Wednesday in what appears to be a tit-for-tat move over the alleged mistreatment of Ghanaian nationals at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel.Seven Ghanaians, including four members of an official delegation attending a cyber-security conference in Tel Aviv, were allegedly detained without explanation.They were released after five hours, while the three others were deported, according to Ghana, which condemned their "humiliating treatment".Ghana's foreign ministry says a senior diplomat from the Israeli embassy in Accra was summoned over the incident, and both countries have agreed to resolve the row amicably.The BBC has contacted the Israeli embassy for comment but is yet to receive a...
December 11, 2025

Ghana deports Israelis in retaliation for alleged mistreatment of nationals at airport

The junta has turned to air bombardments to reclaim territory from ethnic armies
More than 30 dead after Myanmar military hits hospital
BANGKOK — At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar's military hit a hospital in the country's west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources.The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, an area controlled by the Arakan Army — one of the strongest ethnic armies fighting the country's military regime.Thousands have died and millions have been displaced since the military seized power in a coup in 2021 and triggered a civil war.In recent months, the military has intensified air strikes to take back territory from ethnic armies. It has also deployed paragliders to drop bombs on its enemies.The Myanmar military has not commented on the strikes, which come as the country prepares to vote later this month in its...
December 11, 2025

More than 30 dead after Myanmar military hits hospital

French anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci (centre) is mourning his brother Mehdi, who was murdered in Marseille
Panic in France as children fall victim to lethal violence of Marseille drug gangs
MARSEILLE — A group of children spotted Adel's body on their way to school, just as his parents were heading to the police station to report him missing. A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of Marseille's nearby beaches.He was 15 when he died, in the usual way: a bullet in the head, then petrol poured over his slim corpse and set on fire.Someone even filmed the scene on the beach, the latest in a grim series of shoot-then-burn murders linked to this port city's fast-evolving drug wars, increasingly fuelled by social media and now marked by chillingly random acts of violence and by the growing role of children, often coerced into the trade."It's chaos now," said a scrawny gang-member, lifting his shirt in a nearby...
December 11, 2025

Panic in France as children fall victim to lethal violence of Marseille drug gangs

The Richard Mille 'Smiley' is said to be worth A$5m
Four French men accused of A$10m Australia jewelry heist
SYDNEY — Four French men traveled to Australia's capital to carry out a multi-million-dollar heist which included a Swiss-made "Smiley" watch worth A$5m ($3.3m, £2.5m), police say.The quartet came to Australia in October and broke into a property in Canberra, where they allegedly made off with more than 70 items.Luxury handbags, jewelry and high-end watches — including a Richard Mille model with a yellow gold smiley face and pink flamingo — were among the stolen items.Four days after the burglary, the men — aged between 28 and 37 — were arrested at a KFC outlet in Sydney. They were present in court on Thursday and are due to return in January."I've been in the job for a long time. I've never seen a burglary of this magnitude… and with people flying over from the...
December 11, 2025

Four French men accused of A$10m Australia jewelry heist

A group of police officials stand outside the premises of the Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub in northern Goa where a deadly blaze killed 25 people in the early hours of Sunday
Goa nightclub owners held in Thailand over deadly fire
NEW DELHI — Two brothers wanted in connection with a deadly fire at their nightclub in India's Goa state, which killed 25 people, have been detained in Thailand, India's ambassador to Thailand, Nagesh Singh, told the BBC.Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, who own Birch By Romeo Lane club, fled to Phuket, shortly after the incident earlier this week."They will be sent back [to India]," Singh said on Thursday, a day after a court in Delhi refused to grant them protection from arrest and the Goa government approached India's external affairs ministry to revoke their passports.The brothers said that they "never intended to evade" the law and they will cooperate with authorities on returning to India.The incident took place early on Sunday, when a deadly blaze broke out at the club in...
December 11, 2025

Goa nightclub owners held in Thailand over deadly fire

This screengrab taken from a video posted by Attorney General Pam Bondi on December 10 shows US forces seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
WASHINGTON — US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said, marking a sharp escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro's government."We have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela - a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually," Trump told reporters at the White House.Releasing a video of the seizure, Attorney General Pam Bondi described the vessel as a "crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran".Caracas swiftly denounced the action, calling it an act of "international piracy". Earlier, President Maduro declared that Venezuela would never become an "oil colony".The Trump administration accuses Venezuela of funnelling narcotics into the US and has...
December 11, 2025

US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Donald Trump smiles for the camera in the White House and he holds up a Trump Gold Card
Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to wealthy foreigners who can pay at least $1m (£750,000).The card will give buyers a "direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent," Trump said on social media on Wednesday.The Trump Gold Card, which was first announced earlier this year, is a US visa awarded to those who can demonstrate they will provide a "substantial benefit" to the country, according to the scheme's official website.It comes as Washington intensifies its immigration crackdown, including raising work visa fees and deporting undocumented migrants.The Gold Card scheme promises US residency in "record time" and will require a...
December 11, 2025

Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas

A drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, 5 August, 2020
Bulgarian court rejects extradition of Russian linked to Beirut port blast
SOFIA — A Bulgarian court rejected Lebanon's request on Wednesday to extradite the owner of a ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the centre of the massive 2020 port explosion in Beirut.Igor Grechushkin, 48, who holds Russian and Cypriot citizenship, was arrested in Sofia in September on an Interpol red notice.Lebanon has asked Bulgaria to extradite him in connection with blast on 4 August 2020, which killed at least 218 people and injured more than 6,000, and devastated large swathes of the area around Beirut’s port, causing billions of dollars in damage."The court rejected Lebanon’s request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, ruling that the Lebanese authorities had not provided adequate assurances that he would be protected from the death penalty or that any such...
December 11, 2025

Bulgarian court rejects extradition of Russian linked to Beirut port blast

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks to the media in Geneva, 10 December, 2025
UN human rights office in 'survival mode' with €77m budget shortfall
GENEVA — The UN human rights chief said on Wednesday that his office is facing a $90 million (€77 million) funding shortfall this year and staff cuts would amount to around 300 posts, or about 15%, over the course of the year.Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, says the Geneva-based office was in "survival mode" at a time when major donors, including the UK, Finland, France and the United States, have lowered their contributions."Our resources have been slashed along with funding for human rights organisations, including at the grassroots level around the world," Türk told reporters on Human Rights Day."We are in survival mode.""My office has had about $90 million less than we needed this year, which means around 300 jobs have been lost and essential work has had...
December 11, 2025

UN human rights office in 'survival mode' with €77m budget shortfall

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