EXPLAINER Who are the BLA – the group behind Pakistan’s deadly train hijack? The group’s train attack is the latest in a series of increasingly audacious assaults it has launched, often targeting Pakistan’s security forces and Chinese nationals. Pakistani security officials secure the Quetta Railway Station after all train services were suspended following an attack…
News Pakistan says more than 300 hostages rescued from hijacked train A military spokesperson says the rescue operation has concluded and that all 33 attackers were killed. Plainclothes security force perosnnel, who were rescued from a train after it was attacked by separatist fighters, leave Mach railway station in Mach, Balochistan, Pakistan, March 12, 2025…
The wife of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released a statement calling for her husband’s immediate release.
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Man arrested over North Sea ship collision a Russian national, says owner British police are investigating the cause behind a crash between a cargo vessel and an anchored US fuel tanker. Smoke rises from the deck of the MV Solong cargo ship as tugs stand off in the North Sea after it collided with the…
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Video released by Pakistan separatists, the Balochistan Liberation Army, show the moment they attacked a train.
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African Union warns of Sudan partition risk African Union urges member states and international community ‘not to recognise any government or parallel entity’. A woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. [MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via Reuters] Published On 12 Mar 202512 Mar 2025 The African Union says…