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September 18, 2024

Pakistan’s top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend for refusing marriage proposal
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death penalty of an American citizen for beheading his girlfriend after she refused to marry him. Zahir Jaffer, the scion of…
Vietnam’s conglomerate Sun Group to launch new airline
HANOI — Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh approved in principle on Tuesday for local conglomerate Sun Group to invest in a new airline called Sun PhuQuoc Airways (SPA). SPA will have a total fleet size of 31 aircraft by 2030, and the project’s total investment capital is 2.5 trillion dong (around $99 million), said…
The soccer manager on the verge of a major championship — and losing his job
Standing on the grass inside a small, Norwegian stadium north of the Arctic Circle this month, Ange Postecoglou, the manager of the English soccer club Tottenham, blew kisses to his wife in the crowd. Around him, players and fans who had made the trek joined in the celebration of a rarity in the club’s 142-year-old…
Pakistani Students Make History with Amazing Emotion Device Win
Pakistani students have achieved first place in the Technofest competition, held recently in Northern Cyprus. This international event saw huge participation, with 50,000 students from 22 different countries taking part. Their victory brings pride to the nation. The winning students, Asma Fatima and Anaya Khan, earned the top award for creating a special device. This…
Indonesian central bank cuts policy rate to 5.5% as rupiah stabilizes
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s central bank announced a cut to its policy rate on Wednesday, amid recent interventions to stabilize the rupiah and support economic growth. Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%, the first rate cut since Janu.
Teenagers arrested as Germany says it broke up a far-right group planning attacks
Police in Germany arrested five teenagers accused of involvement with a right-wing extremist group calling itself “Last Defense Wave” that allegedly aimed to destabilize the country’s democratic system by carrying out attacks on migrants and political opponents. The early-morning arrests in various parts of the country on Wednesday were accompanied by searches at 13 properties,…
Three children killed, several injured in Khuzdar explosion
A school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, was targeted in a terrorist attack, according to Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The assault struck a bus carrying innocent schoolchildren. Initial reports indicate five people, including three children, lost their lives. Several other children were also hurt in the blast. The ISPR stated that the attack in…
The rise of a progressive ‘third force’ in Philippine politics
Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of “The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery.” The midterm elections in the Philippines created some major surprises that defied the most authoritative surveys in the country. But far from creating political clarity,…