Crime

London: British police on Tuesday said three suspects believed to be involved in the stabbing of a journalist working for...

Greece: Stiffer penalties to curb SIM card misuse, GST law amended

Athens: Greece's conservative government promised on Monday to offer extra financial aid and more staff to help the island of...

PM assures foolproof security arrangements for Chinese nationals; March 26 culprits to get exemplary punishment

Liaquat Ali Dasu: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday assured foolproof security measures for the Chinese nationals working on...

Greece arrests member of gang that raked in $21 billion from fuel-product smuggling

Athens: Greek authorities have arrested a senior member of an international gang that smuggled Latin American fuel products for illegal...

President approves remission for prisoners on Pakistan Day, Eid ul Fitr

Islamabad:President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved remission for the prisoners on the occasion of Pakistan Day annually observed on...

Greece boat tragedy: FIA blacklists 87 officers across Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Islamabad: In response to the report of the Libya and Greece boat accident, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

Violent online content ‘unavoidable’ for UK children, Ofcom finds

London: Violent online content is now “unavoidable” for children in the UK, with many first exposed to it when they...

Italy: EPPO seizes 2.4 million metres of smuggled textiles worth €3 million

Rome: In an investigation into textile smuggling led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), the Italian...

Almost 5 000 false identity documents seized in Greece

Athens: The Aliens Division of Attica within the Hellenic Police (Ellinikí Astynomía), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network involved...

Germany, France and Belgium conduct raids against suspected people smugglers

Brussels: A major operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany – coordinated by Europol and...

Italy: 4 Egyptians tried for the death of researcher Giulio Regeni

Italy: Four senior Egyptian security officials were tried in absentia in a Rome court on Tuesday, accused of kidnapping, torturing...

Poland starts probe into allegations of illegal phone-hacking

Warsaw: A Polish parliamentary commission on Monday began investigating accusations that the previous government illegally hacked the phones of targets...

Pakistani man sentenced for living in the UK under false identity for two decades

London: Abadat Ali, a 59-year-old man from Pakistan, was handed a 15-month prison sentence at Leeds Crown Court for securing...

UK police manhunt after ‘corrosive substance’ attack on family

London: UK police were on Thursday hunting a suspect who attacked a woman and her two young daughters with a...

4 years’ jail for woman who poured boiling soup on friend after argument

Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Sunday for the European Union to complete its creation of a banking and...

EU ports join up to fight drug smuggling

Brussels: The EU on Wednesday launches a "European Ports Alliance" to harmonise methods in the fight against drug smuggling and...

EU ports urged to team up to fight ‘very creative’ drug smugglers

Brussels: Drug smugglers in the EU have become so "very creative" that the bloc's seaports should join forces to combat...

ECP takes notice of attack on PPP candidate’s office in Lahore

Liaquat Ali Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday took notice of the attack on the office of...

High Commissioner Jane Marriot says ‘Anti-rape crisis cell in PIMS a significant milestone

Celina Ali Islamabad: Jane Marriot, UK’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, said on Monday that the “Anti-rape crisis cell in Institute...

UK: Rochdale man ‘brutally shot and killed’ in Pakistan on way to ‘surprise his family’

London: Tasaraf Hussain, from Rochdale, was 'brutally shot and killed' after leaving Islamabad airport and on his way home 'to...

Italy regulator tightens rules on influencers after Ferragni scandal

Rome: Italy's communications authority AGCOM has approved stringent new rules to improve transparency on social media posts made by celebrities...

UK police launch fraud inquiry over post office IT scandal

London: UK police have announced they are investigating possible fraud offences committed during Britain's post office scandal, described as one...

No excuse for shoplifting because UK’s benefits system is very generous, says policing minister

London: The cost of living crisis is "no excuse" for a rise in shoplifting, the policing minister has told Sky...

Fazlur Rehman escapes armed attack in Dera Ismail Khan

Lahore: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reportedly escaped an armed attack in Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday. A...

Police launch criminal investigation into missing UK boy found in France

London: British police on Friday said they had launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of Alex Batty, a...

Pakistani couple get life in Italy for killing daughter

Rome: A Pakistani couple was sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court for the 2021 murder of their...

Man who imported drug-laced sweets from UK and grew cannabis plants in flat gets jail, caning