28 h. ago Mass train hostage siege as 450 people held at gunpoint with several killed

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took credit for blowing up the railway line and shooting hostages as part of their campaign against outsiders allegedly 'plundering' the region on the Afghan border

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35 h. ago DWP state pension warning as 450,000 people miss out on £460 uplift next month

With each state pension hike over the last few years, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that pensioners living abroad will not have payments increased - this again seems to be the case this year

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3 d. ago Pakistan Jaffar Express terrorists demand prisoners be released or 450 hostages will die

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has issued severe threats to authorities considering freeing 450 people from the train of which it claims to have full control

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7 d. ago The face of 'Nails the pimp' who encouraged teenage girls into sex work and held victim at gunpoint

Predator Christopher Oats pleaded guilty to causing or inciting child prostitution

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9 d. ago Twitch streamer says she was held at gunpoint for her crypto in home invasion

“I’m being robbed at gunpoint,” online influencer Amouranth posted on X during the alleged robbery attempt. “This is not a prank.

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1 week ago Older people may need to answer 450 questions before getting crucial financial support

Independent Age is calling for changes to ‘long and complex application forms for pensioner entitlements’.

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2 w. ago Video shows violent protests as Greece comes to a standstill

Greece came to a standstill on Friday as thousands joined mass protests, two years after the country's worst-ever train crash killed 57 people.

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2 w. ago Youths throw rocks at police in Athens as violence erupts amid train crash rally

Riot officers fire teargas at hundreds of hooded youths as protests across Greece mark anniversary of Tempe disasterPeaceful protests in central Athens have been eclipsed by the eruption of full-scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police, as demonstrations and strikes were held across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a fatal train crash.Thousands of people who had crammed into Syntagma Square for a demonstration later fled, some even seeking refuge in the parliament, as riot police fired rounds of teargas at hundreds of black-clad hooded youths lobbying rocks at them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Seeing sauce makes me panic and vomit, if it gets on a plate I bin it'

Leigh, 32, says the sight of the sauce makes her feel like she is 'being held at gunpoint'

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2 w. ago Man kidnapped his wife’s boss after she stole $20m from him, police say

Larry Gilmore told police he ‘believed he was going to die’ when William Costa allegedly rammed an SUV into his Porsche and held him at gunpoint

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2 w. ago M23 militia’s advance in eastern DRC has killed 7,000 since January, UN told

DRC prime minister tells human rights council fighting has left about 450,000 without shelter after camps destroyedAbout 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started renewed advances in January, the DRC’s prime minister has said.At a high-level meeting of the UN’s human rights council in Geneva on Monday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka also said the war had left about 450,000 people without shelter after the destruction of 90 displacement camps. Continue reading...

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