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GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan’s Wildlife and Parks Department auctioned hunting permits for 117 animals for the 2026-27 trophy hunting season, with an Astore markhor permit fetching a record $356,000. Other markhor permits also attracted high bids. Officials expect to generate Rs650 million from the season, covering three markhors, 14 blue sheep and 100 Himalayan ibexes through April 2027. Read More…
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Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden, has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "evil incarnate" and that it's not anti-Semitic to criticise the government of Israel. "If it's anti-Semitic to point out that Netanyahu is evil incarnate, then I don't know what to say to people anymore," Biden said in an interview with noted US broadcaster Tucker Carlson. Read More…
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A new rift has emerged between the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments in light of the Centre's decision to ban the hunting of non-exportable markhor, ibex and grey goral. In a letter addressed to the KP's wildlife secretary, the wildlife chief conservator has said that the federal government has banned the hunting of said animals, citing the lack of permission. However, it adds that the management authority (CMA) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) in October 2024 had approved the hunting… Read More…
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The reason Palestinians are not leaving Gaza City now is the fear and intimidation created by the Israeli military’s ground offensive. There are major parts of the city that the army is now reaching, where it is carrying out deadly attacks on the civilian population. The military is sharply ordering people to leave their homes, but at the same time targeting them with sky-predator drones and quadcopters. Those who manage to get to al-Rashid Street and move towards central and southern Gaza face aerial surveillance and bombardment. Read More…
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Bangladeshi police have said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in a sweeping crackdown dubbed "Operation Devil Hunt", targeting gangs allegedly connected to the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, head of the interior ministry in the interim government that took over after Hasina was ousted in the August 2024 student-led revolution, has vowed the operations will continue "until we uproot the devils". Police spokesman Inamul Haque Sagar said on Monday that operations continue, but from its launch on Saturday "1,308 people were arrested across the country". Read More…
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Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges, a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the US presidential election. Biden had been set to stand trial in a Los Angeles federal courthouse on criminal charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers and luxury items. Instead, he pleaded guilty to all nine counts he faced. Judge Mark Scarsi told Biden he faces up to 17 years in prison and up to $450,000… Read More…
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Attacks on Red Sea shipping could damage the UK economy by pushing up prices, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday. Asked if the attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen could mean rising prices in Britain, Mr Hunt told the BBC: "It may have an impact and we'll watch it very, very carefully." Read More…
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The US Coast Guard Wednesday diverted its robotic undersea search operations to the area where sounds, likely from the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible, originated from. Search teams, as reported by the Coast Guard, detected underwater sounds as they scanned the North Atlantic to search for the tourist's vessel. The US Coast Guard tweeted that there was still no tangible sign of the missing Titan submersible. Read More…
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The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a big boost. Scientists have discovered that phosphorus, a key building block of life, lies in the ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The finding was based on a review of data collected by NASA’s Cassini probe, and was published on Wednesday in the prestigious journal Nature. Read More…
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A man has been arrested after four people were killed in a rare shooting and stabbing attack in Japan. The alleged assailant stabbed a woman and shot two policemen with a hunting rifle in Nagano prefecture. A fourth death was later confirmed. Police have named the suspect as Masanori Aoki, the 31-year-old son of a local politician. Read More…
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