Europe seeks to increase deportations as some warn of Trump-like tacticsThe EU is expanding its powers to track, raid, and deport migrants to third countries, adopting tactics similar to the Trump administration...
29 Mar, 2026, 01.36 PM IST
EU lawmakers back 'return hubs' for migrantsEU lawmakers on Monday gave preliminary backing to a tightening of Europe's immigration policy, paving the way for so-called "return hubs" ...
10 Mar, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visasThe European Union on Thursday laid out plans to overhaul its visa system and step up deportations as part of a five-year migration strateg...
29 Jan, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit faces scrutiny amid Pakistan's rights crisisPakistan's trade privileges hang in the balance as Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visits Brussels. The European Union reviews Pakistan's compli...
21 Nov, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
EU lawmakers to back world's first AI rulesAlthough the EU's plans date back to 2021, the draft rules took on greater urgency when ChatGPT exploded onto the scene last year, showing ...
14 Jun, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
France turns towards AI-powered surveillance to secure OlympicsThe government says algorithmic video surveillance can detect "pre-determined events", abnormal behaviour and crowd surges, helping ensure ...
24 Mar, 2023, 10.12 AM IST
Only 30 per cent Western weapons making it to Ukraine frontlines: CBSThe US has approved more than $54 billion of economic and military aid to Ukraine since February, while the UK has committed nearly $3 bill...
08 Aug, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos"Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!" Francis said at the Mavrovouni camp, a cluster of white U.N. containers on the edge o...
06 Dec, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Xi's “good friend” Putin to attend Beijing Winter Olympics amid US diplomatic boycott plansPutin's visit to Beijing to take part in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in February next year will make him the first state leader to...
23 Nov, 2021, 08.34 PM IST
EU to double COVAX vaccine funding to 1 billion eurosAccording to an EU official who spoke anonymously, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen will make the announcement later Frid...
19 Feb, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
EU agrees on tighter rules for surveillance tech exportsEU lawmakers and the European Council reached a provisional deal to update controls of so-called dual use goods such as facial recognition ...
10 Nov, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
Pakistan hangs 8 ahead of Peshawar school attack anniversaryThe latest executions were carried out in jails of Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Attock and Dera Ghazi Khan, according an official of interio...
15 Dec, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
Eight more death row prisoners hanged as Pakistan resumes execution after RamzanMore than 8,000 prisoners are on death row in Pakistan and about 160 convicts have been executed since the Nawaz Sharif government lifted m...
29 Jul, 2015, 06.10 PM IST
11 murder convicts hanged in PakistanThree convicts imprisoned were hanged in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. They killed more than one person in 1990 over a long-standing rivalry.
16 Jun, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
Maldives faces global censure after ex-prez Nasheed jailedThe government of the Maldives today faced international condemnation, a day after former president Mohamed Nasheed was sentenced to 13 yea...
14 Mar, 2015, 09.35 PM IST
Right groups condemn restoration of state-executions in PakistanTwo militants convicted of attack on the military were hanged yesterday, bringing to an end the moratorium which was in place since 2008.
20 Dec, 2014, 06.36 PM IST
- India-Myanmar helicopter sale threatens EU ban: NGOs
A EU arms embargo to Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell an attack helicopter to the military regime, Amnesty Internatio...
16 Jul, 2007, 06.45 AM IST