Category: International

Germany’s government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country’s land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism. The controls within what is normally a wide area of free movement – the European Schengen zone – will start on September 16 and initially last for six months, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday. The government has also designed a scheme enabling authorities to reject more migrants directly at German borders, Faeser said,…

and Algeria have been drenched in floods By AFP September 09, 2024 Moroccan authorities on Sunday said four people died and 14 were missing in flooding caused by an “exceptional” climate phenomenon in southern areas, AFP reported. “Four people have died and 14 have gone missing” since heavy rains began on Friday in the province of Tata, some 740 kilometres south of Rabat, a local official told AFP, saying the toll could potentially rise. “Eight houses were washed away by floods in some valleys” near Tamanart, a rural area in the Tata region, said…

WASHINGTON: Vice President of the US and presidential candidate Kamala Harris seems to be taking notes from former president Donald Trump’s playbook by focusing on evoking emotions among the American voters rather than explaining policies during 2024 election campaign.  Since taking over from President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket in July, Harris has had to run her campaign in fast-forward, with just months to go before the November election. With few exceptions she has avoided press conferences, interviews and lengthy discussions on policy. Instead, her…

Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by honour guards and red carpets in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday on his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year. Putin landed in Ulaanbaatar on Monday night at the start of a high-profile trip seen as a show of defiance against the court, Kyiv, the West and rights groups that have all called for him to be detained. He met Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh on Tuesday at Ulaanbaatar’s imposing Genghis Khan…

Germany’s far-right AfD Sunday achieved a historic win in the regional elections in Thuringia, according to exit polls, marking a significant setback for Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of the 2025 national elections.  The AfD garnered between 30.5% and 33.5% of the vote in Thuringia, while the conservative CDU came in second with approximately 24.5%.  In the neighboring state of Saxony, which also held regional elections on Sunday, the CDU led slightly, with the AfD trailing closely behind, as indicated by the polls. The AfD is unlikely to come to power…

United States border agents pulled over a produce-laden tractor-trailer only to find out that the watermelons loaded on it were actually bundles of methamphetamine worth $5 million worth wrapped in coloured paper.  Smugglers disguised more than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug as melons, hid them amongst other cargo and tried to truck them across the border from Mexico.  The paper used to package meth was painted to look like the juicy fruit.  Border agents pulled over the produce-laden tractor-trailer at Otay Mesa in California on Friday and got…

KURRAM: Terrorists on Sunday attacked a police checkpost in Central Kurram, leaving one policeman martyred and injuring another, police told Geo News. The terrorist, according to  District Police Officer Ahmed Khan, set fire to the checkpost after the gun attack. The martyred policeman was identified as Qoowat Khan, while Constable Shahzad has been injured in the attack. He has been shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Sadda in Central Kurram for treatment. Funeral prayer of the martyred policeman has been offered in the wake of the attack. The region has witnessed multiple…

WASHINGTON: Congressional Republicans lodged a formal case Monday for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden, using the opening day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to launch a political assault unlikely to gain serious traction. The report from three powerful committees in the Republican-led House of Representatives accuses Biden of corruption linked to his son Hunter’s foreign business affairs. Jim Jordan, head of the Judiciary committee, said the probe showed “conclusively” that Biden had “abused his public office for the private financial benefit of the Biden family and Biden…

RALEIGH: Kamala Harris outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban “price gouging” by grocers and build more affordable housing on Friday as part of the “opportunity economy” she plans to pursue if she wins the White House. In her first major economy-focused speech as the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris pledged to introduce a new child tax credit of as much as $6,000 for families with infants, cut taxes for families with kids and lower prescription drug costs. The vice president also called for the construction of 3 million…