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Man who slapped French President jailed for four months

PARIS: A French court sentenced a man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face this week to a prison term of 18 months, 14 of which were suspended. Damien Tarel, a 28-year-old medieval history enthusiast, has been in

UK ex-policeman jailed for belonging to neo-Nazi group

LONDON: The first police officer in Britain to be convicted of a terrorism offence was jailed for more than four years for belonging to a banned neo-Nazi group. Benjamin Hannam, 22, who had worked as a probationary police constable with

Hong Kong media tycoon, democracy activists jailed for protests

BEIJING: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 12 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping lead one of the city’s biggest ever protests. Over 1.7 million people — almost one quarter of Hong

Committee takes notice over Pakistanis jailed in Bosnia

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of foreign affairs has decided to form a parliamentary committee of overseas Pakistan to address the issue of 4,000 Pakistanis detained in Bosnia this week. The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development was