PIA to charge double for luggage
KARACHI: Flagship carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has raised its baggage fees, nearly doubling it as compared to private airlines. Starting April 1, PIA has fixed charges of Rs5,000 on extra luggage…
Bosnia charges two Pakistanis, an Iraqi with people smuggling
SARAJEVO: Bosnian prosecutors on Thursday charged seven people, including one Iraqi and two Pakistani men, with people smuggling. The group is suspected of ferrying at least 46 people through Bosnia into EU…
Portugal charges 12 over huge wildfire that killed 66 people
LISBON: Prosecutors in Portugal are bringing charges of criminally negligent homicide against 12 defendants over the deaths of 66 people in a major wildfire last year. At Pedrogao Grande, 200 kilometers (120…
US charges associate of indicted Russian with lobbying violation
WASHINGTON: US prosecutors on Friday charged a business associate of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian consultant indicted by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, with failing to register as a foreign agent for lobbying…
Bangladesh charges eight over 2016 cafe attack, frees British suspect
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have charged eight militants over a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, and freed a British suspect detained without charge for the past two…
Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
YANGON: A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary…
Brazil charges 11 people with trying to set up Islamic State cell
BRASILIA: Brazilian prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, the federal prosecutors office in the…
Charges against US diplomat submitted in lower court: report
ISLAMABAD: Charges against the US diplomat who killed a youth in Islamabad last week has been submitted to a lower court for trial, as reported by a local media outlet. However no other…
Jadhav undergoing trial on terrorism, sabotage charges: report
ISLAMABAD: The Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is currently undergoing a trial on terrorism and sabotage charges, as reported by a local English daily. The Pakistan government has approached Indian officials about this…
Cambodia charges 10 foreigners for producing porn
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian judge is investigating whether to pursue pornography charges against 10 foreigners arrested after organising a party which featured indecent dancing, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. The 10 were…
Iraq receives former minister charged with graft charges from Lebanon
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities on Thursday took into custody a former trade minister convicted in absentia for corruption cases, following his extradition from Lebanon, Iraq’s corruption watchdog said in a statement. Trade Minister Abdel…
Vietnam should drop charges against human rights defenders, says HRW
NEW YORK: Vietnam should drop charges against human rights defender Hoang Duc Binh and another defendant, Nguyen Nam Phong, and immediately release them, Human Rights Watch said today. Criminal trials for the two…
Boucher to plea guilty against charges over assaulting US Senator
KENTUCKY: A Kentucky man accused of attacking US Senator Rand Paul outside his home has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of assaulting a member of Congress, but has told investigators his…
Ex-US Navy officers face charges over deadly ship collisions
WASHINGTON: The commanding officers of two US Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face courts-martial and military criminal charges including negligent homicide, the US Navy said…
Indian civic body head charged with sedition over ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at rally
BAREILLY: The chairperson of Nawabganj Nagar Palika in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) India, Shehla Tahir, has been booked for sedition after “pro-Pakistan slogans” were raised at her victory procession in…
German prosecutors bring charges against top Iranian cleric
BERLIN: Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office is examining whether to bring charges against a senior Iranian cleric who has been mentioned as a possible future Iranian supreme leader and who is receiving medical…
Myanmar police charge Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act
YANGON: Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court Wednesday for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years in jail, despite calls for their immediate…
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