News in Brief (2022-06-10


FE Team | Published: June 10, 2022 00:43:35


News in Brief (2022-06-10

Iran to remove cameras from N sites
VIENNA, June 09: Iran is removing 27 surveillance cameras at nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi said Thursday, calling it a "serious challenge" to the agency's work in the country. "What we have been informed is that 27 cameras... are being removed in Iran," he told reporters. "So this of course poses a serious challenge to our ability to continue working there." — AFP
Pak TV host found dead at home
ISLAMABAD, June 09: One of Pakistan's most prominent and contentious TV hosts, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, has died aged 50 after being found unconscious at home in Karachi. The anchor was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. A post mortem exam is being carried out. Aamir Liaquat Hussain switched from televangelism to politics, becoming an MP for Imran Khan's PTI party. His career was dogged by controversy - he gave babies to childless couples on TV and was banned for hate speech. The outspoken anchor was married three times - and was currently in the midst of a controversy after his latest marriage broke up publicly and acrimoniously. — BBC
7 missing in Cameroon boat accident
YAOUND, June 09: Seven people are missing after a motorised canoe sank on a waterway in central Cameroon, the region's top administrator told AFP. "A canoe with 12 people on board sank on Tuesday. There are five survivors but we have no news of seven people," said Peter Ntieh Nde, prefect of the Nyong and Kele region. The boat sank on the Nyong River near the village of Malombo, about 650 kilometres (400 miles) northeast of the capital Yaounde, he said late Wednesday. Local people have organised a search, he said. — AFP

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