New national ID cards, a waste of resources

N IGERIA’S identity card system is about to get more complicated. This is after the National Identity Management Commission notified the public of its intention to launch three new national ID ... Read More

Blunkett calls for national ID cards

Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for a national ID card scheme to be included in the Government's next legislative programme after admitting he has no accurate idea how many illegal ... Read More

Pakistan: Gunmen abduct, kill 9 bus passengers after checking ID cards

Nine individuals from Punjab were shot dead by unidentified gunmen after being abducted from a passenger bus in Noshki, according to several reports. Another attack on a different vehicle ... Read More

Pakistan News | Latest Headlines & Stories | Reuters

Pakistan's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had blocked access to social media platform X around the time of February's election on national ... what they said were militant targets. Read More

National ID card issue hangs over planned South Sudanese elections

Since gaining independence in 2011, South Sudanese residents have been working to build their country, the world's youngest ... Juba, to get a National Identification Card. After three failed ... Read More

New National ID Card to Be Issued Via Banks- NIMC

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks. NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank ... Read More

Pakistan: 6 security personnel and 12 militants killed in anti-terror operations across country

Pakistan armed forces reported security personnel and militants killed in terror incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. PM Shehbaz Sharif condemned attacks ... Read More

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Grief and rage over the war and Israel have led to demonstrations across the Arab world. Arrests suggest ... Mr. Yousaf, the leader of the Scottish National Party, announced that he was stepping ... Read More

Police officers, militants die in weekend violence in Pakistan

Also Saturday, Pakistan's army said that security forces killed eight militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district. According to an official statement, the eight men died after an ... Read More

National and World news stories | Newsday

Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. 4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home ... Read More

Pakistan set to repay $1 billion against Eurobond

Islamabad: Pakistan is set to repay a foreign debt worth $1 billion against a 10-year Eurobond maturing in the middle of this month which will reduce the stock of the debt acquired through the ... Read More