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KP Sharma Oli (ANI image) Former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the alleged suppression of the September Gen Z protests, police officials said.Oli was taken into custody from his residence in Gundu, Bhaktapur, while Lekhak was…
The UK Home Office has announced an “emergency brake” on certain visa routes for nationals from four countries following what officials described as widespread abuse of legal visa pathways to claim asylum. Under the new measure, the UK government will end sponsored study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan, while skilled worker…
Dubai police have caught a beggar who owns three luxury cars and an immense amount of money, said an officer to Al Khaleej newspaper. The man admitted to amassing a fortune by asking people for money and was arrested amid an intensive anti-begging crackdown in the emirate during the holy month of Ramadan. As per…
NEW DELHI: In a sweeping crackdown on air pollution, the Maharashtra government has issued stop-work notices to more than 1,000 construction sites across Mumbai, with nearly 88 per cent of active projects facing action for violating environmental norms, Environment Minister Pankaja Munde informed the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.Presenting data from October 2025 to January…
Video footage circulating online shows hundreds of students marching through university campuses in Tehran and Mashhad on Saturday, more than 40 days after a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran. The rallies, described as the largest student demonstrations since the violence last month, took place at Sharif University of Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology…
A protest in Minnesota (File photo) A US federal judge on Saturday refused to pause a stepped-up immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, even as a lawsuit challenging the move continues. The ruling allows the federal action, known as Operation Metro Surge, to carry on in Minneapolis, St Paul and surrounding areas.US District Judge Katherine Menendez…
People gather for a protest against ICE outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. (Picture credit: AP) Protesters across the United States staged widespread “no work, no school, no shopping” strikes on Friday, shutting businesses, walking out of classrooms and gathering in city centres to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, as anger…
Protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown spread across the United States on Friday, with organisers calling for a nationwide strike under the slogan “no work, no school, no shopping”.The protests were driven by anger over recent fatal shootings linked to immigration enforcement. Public outrage intensified after Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, was shot…
US podcaster and influencer Kyle Seraphin called out Texas Governor Greg Abbott for his H-1B crackdown in Texas, not because he does not support it but as it does not serve the purpose now. Seraphin said it is too late and too little to freeze H-1B hiring in state agencies and universities after what Abbott…
Bangladesh tribunal (AP image) A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced Dhaka’s fugitive former police chief and two senior officers to death for crimes against humanity over the killing of six protesters during the July 2024 mass uprising that led to the overthrow of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina.The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) handed the death…
