Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir: Karakoram Highway blocked as protesters demand compensation promised for Diamer Bhasha Dam
Dawn News reports: Affectees of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Wapda for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam’s construction. The protesters were demanding pending payments for the Chula (stove) Package which entitles them to financial assistance before departure […]
Europe
EU launches investigation into Chinese medical device market
The European Commission launched a probe into China’s public procurement of medical devices on Wednesday, the latest in a series of moves that ratchet up trade tensions ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe next month. The investigation – which Beijing swiftly criticized – is meant to determine if European suppliers of devices ranging […]
Paris Police evict migrants from makeshift camp in action decried as ‘social cleansing’were
Euro News reports on April 23: The swoop is the latest move in a widely criticised strategy to prepare the French capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. Paris police evicted underage migrants from a makeshift camp on Tuesday morning as part of what aid groups are calling a campaign of “social cleansing” in advance of […]
International News
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
The UN’s human rights chief has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of “mass graves” being found at the sites after Israeli raids. Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths. Palestinian officials said they had exhumed 283 bodies at Nasser, some with their […]
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