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Pakistani police officer kills man suspe...

Pakistani police officer kills man suspected of blasphemy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police say an axe-wielding officer killed a Shia man in police custody, claiming he had committed blasphemy by insulting companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Officer Mukhtar Ahmed says the incident took place at a police station in the city of Gujrat in eastern Punjab province... read more »

Argoed murder: Death after Taser fired i...

Argoed murder: Death after Taser fired investigated

A man and woman have died after police were called to a hostel in Caerphilly county and fired a Taser stun gun at a suspect. Officers went to the former Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, Blackwood, at 01:23 GMT where it was reported that a man was attacking a woman. The woman was injured and later... read more »

Intelligence agencies spying on lawyers ...

Intelligence agencies spying on lawyers in sensitive security cases

The intelligence services have routinely been intercepting legally privileged communications between lawyers and their clients in sensitive security cases, according to internal MI5, MI6 and GCHQ documents. The information obtained may even have been exploited unlawfully and used by the agencies in... read more »

Terror groups citing ISIS crusade to rec...

Terror groups citing ISIS crusade to recruit Indian youths

Terror groups are invoking the name of the Islamic State (IS) as a tool for recruiting youths in India. These youths can be trained in the lawless areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for carrying out terror strikes in India, officials in the security establishment said. Intelligence... read more »

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