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Russia places six foreign journalists on wanted list for illegal border entry | The Express Tribune

MOSCOW: The Russian interior ministry has placed six foreign journalists on its wanted list for illegally crossing the Russian frontier to report inside the Kursk region after a Ukrainian cross-border incursion, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday. Russia’s FSB security service said last month it had opened criminal cases against several of the journalists, who include a […]

Police strike following attacks on polio vaccination teams in K-P | The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR: More than 100 Pakistan police who provide security for polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike on Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week. Police officers who are routinely deployed to protect polio workers going door-to-door frequently come under attack by militants waging a war against security forces. […]

India, China pledge to intensify efforts for full disengagement on Himalayan border | The Express Tribune

NEW DELHI: India and China agreed to redouble efforts to ensure complete disengagement on the contested Himalayan frontier, New Delhi said on Thursday after India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Russia. “Both sides agreed to work with urgency and redouble their efforts to realize complete disengagement in the […]

US imposes sanctions on Chinese institute, firms for supporting Pakistan’s ballistic missile program | The Express Tribune

The US State Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme. Washington similarly targeted three China-based companies with sanctions in October 2023 for supplying missile-applicable items to Pakistan. Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the Beijing […]

CJP Isa slams bureaucrats’ job quota for children, calls for merit-based hiring | The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, on Thursday sharply criticised the practice of reserving government jobs for bureaucrats’ children, emphasising the need for a transparent, merit-based hiring system. “Are bureaucrats’ children somehow special? How can someone claim a job and say their future generations must also benefit?” Justice Isa remarked during a hearing […]

BBC World Service – Stumped, India’s Rishabh Pant returns to Test cricket two years on from his life threatening car accident

Stumped discuss India’s men’s Test squad and also hear from Australia’s Sophie Molineux. Show more Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma discuss India’s men’s Test squad for the upcoming series against Bangladesh and in particular the return of Rishabh Pant. The wicketkeeper batter has been named in the Test squad for the first time […]