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...
Crime
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
Singapore: A man imported candies containing drugs from a person in the United Kingdom, arranging for the purchase through Telegram...
Italy: Police seize €12 million of assets from exploiter of migrants
Rome: The Italian authorities have seized assets worth €12 million from a Sicilian businessman who had been living in Italy's...
Speakers calls for women’s easy access to justice to end gender-based violence
Islamabad: The speakers at a panel discussion called gender-based violence a ‘public safety crisis’ and emphasized the need for women’s...
Bilawal Bhutto condemns Peshawar blast
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday strongly condemned the Peshawar blast. In a statement...
Thousands pay tribute to woman murdered in northern Italy
Milan: Thousands of people on Tuesday attended the funeral of an Italian university student who was murdered last month by...
UK: World first agreement to tackle online fraud
London: People across the UK will be better protected from online scams, fake adverts and romance fraud as the world’s...
Tech companies to sign agreement with UK government to tackle online fraud
London: Eleven of the world's biggest tech companies, including Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Microsoft (MSFT.O), will sign an...
UK shoppers ‘overcharged’ for branded goods including baby formula, baked beans
London: Suppliers of branded goods including baked beans and pet food have pushed up prices by more than their costs....
