Pakistan frees Czech model
LAHORE, Nov 21: A Czech model sentenced in 2019 to eight years in prison on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates was released on Saturday from prison following her acquittal earlier this month, her lawyer said. Late in the evening, Tereza Hluskova left the prison in the eastern city of Lahore where she was handed over to representatives of the Czech Embassy and headed to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, according to her attorney, Saiful Malook. — AP
Iran's Mahan Air hit by cyber attack
TEHRAN, Nov 21: Iran's second-largest airline, Mahan Air, said it had been hit by a cyber attack Sunday, the latest in several targeting the company. "Mahan Air's computer system has suffered a new attack," the company said in a statement. "It has already been the target on several occasions due to its important position in the country's aviation industry." All of its flights were on schedule, the statement added, but the company's website was down. — AFP
Four hurt after Burkina Faso protest
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 21: Four people were treated for gunshot wounds in Burkina Faso Saturday after French and Burkinabe forces tried to deter protesters trying to block a French army convoy, local sources said. A source in the town of Kaya north of the capital said demonstrators tried to approach French army personnel on a strip of wasteland where they had spent the night. "As the protesters tried to get closer, soldiers fired warning shots", and some received "gunshot wounds", they said. — AFP