World News in Brief: Femicide ‘pandemic’, war crimes appeal to Israeli lawyers, Syria child detainees

World News in Brief: Femicide ‘pandemic’, war crimes appeal to Israeli lawyers, Syria child detainees

That’s the message from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, who said on Monday that perpetrators are mostly, but not exclusively, partners or ex-partners, and often escape accountability “due to a lack of proper investigation”. A 2022 report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN…

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National Basketball Championship, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Peshawar in semi-final

National Basketball Championship, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Peshawar in semi-final

—File photo Pool round matches of Inter Division National Basketball Championship are going on in Islamabad. President of Pakistan Basketball Federation Iftikhar Mansoor also watched the matches, President of Pakistan Basketball Federation also encouraged the players. Faisalabad, Islamabad and Peshawar divisions have reached the semi-finals. Faisalabad defeated Gujranwala Division by 59 points against 42 while…

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Boxer Amir Khan's wife Faryal received serious threats for supporting Palestinians

Boxer Amir Khan’s wife Faryal received serious threats for supporting Palestinians

Faryal Makhdoom, wife of Pakistani-born former British boxer Aamir Khan – file photo Faryal Makhdoom, the wife of Pakistani-born former British boxer Amir Khan, started receiving serious threats for being the voice of the oppressed of Palestine. It should be noted that this is not the first time that an influential person has received threats…

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