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Pakistan army labels imprisoned ex-leader Imran Khan 'mentally ill' after he criticizes army chief
Pakistan's military pushed back Friday after imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan called the country's army chief "mentally unstable." The army labeled Khan "mentally ill" and accused him of using family visits and social media posts to attack the armed forces and sow division.
WATCH: A baby fur seal galumphs into a bar, the bartender says 'Grab the salmon!'
It was a wet, lazy Sunday evening when the baby fur seal waddled into the Sprig + Fern The Meadows craft beer bar in Richmond, at the top of New Zealand's South Island. Accustomed to seeing animals in the pet-friendly bar, co-owner Bella Evans assumed the visitor was a dog before she took a closer look.
France intercepts illegal drone overflight at nuclear submarine base
French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France's nuclear-armed submarines, authorities said Friday.
Weather tracker: Heavy snow blankets parts of US as winter storms hit
Snowfall moves south-east over Wyoming and Colorado and combines with dense fog in some areasA cold spell continued to grip parts of the US this week. After a winter storm brought 20-30cm of snow across Wisconsin, and even up to 35cm in places last weekend, the focus of the winter weather hazards shifted elsewhere early this week.A storm system moving south-east over Wyoming and Colorado brought a continuous period of snowfall until Thursday morning. Central Colorado and northern New Mexico bore the brunt of the snowfall with accumulations reaching 30cm in places. The heavy snowfall across the Denver region was its first of the winter and caused widespread disruption to flights into and out of Denver on Wednesday and Thursday. Almost 1,000 flights were delayed or cancelled as a result of the treacherous conditions. Continue reading...
German parliament approves pension package after a rebellion in Merz's party
Germany's parliament on Friday approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, averting a crisis for the government after a bumpy first seven months in office.
German president visits WWII bombing site as Europe seeks to bolster united front against Russia
Germany's president laid a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat the new war raging in Europe.
Ethnic Serb mayors take office in tense northern Kosovo
Ethnic Serb mayors have taken office in majority-Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo
EU fines Musk's X $140 million for breaking digital safety rules
European Union regulators on Friday fined Elon Musk's social media platform X 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the bloc's digital regulations that they said could leave users exposed to scams and manipulation.
French first lady Brigitte Macron visits an old friend in China: A giant panda called Yuan Meng
French first lady Brigitte Macron caught up with an old friend - a giant panda born in France - at the tail end Friday of a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron.
U.S. raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official
A raid by U.S. forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family members and Syrian officials have told The Associated Press.
Burkina Faso plans to restore death penalty for treason, terrorism, espionage
Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesThe Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) work to destroy evidence of the scale of their massacre.Six weeks after the RSF seized the city, corpses have been gathered together in scores of piles to await burial in mass graves or cremated in huge pits, analysis indicates. Continue reading...
