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“Imran Khan wanted ‘puppet CM’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” alleges Parvez Khattak

07 Aug 2023 10:59 AM IST

Pervez Khattak, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P), attacked the former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday, saying that he wanted a “puppet” chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The PTI leader wanted a puppet Chief Minister in KP, according to Khattak, and “I was not a puppet

Elon Musk to fund legal bill of people treated wrongfully due to posting on X

06 Aug 2023 11:54 AM IST

Elon Musk, the CEO of X, is back, but this time he’s not bringing a new update or feature; instead, he’s come out in support of workers who are being treated unfairly by their employers because they posted something on his platform or liked it. On Sunday, Musk tweeted, “We

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain urge their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible amid armed clashes

06 Aug 2023 11:02 AM IST

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible and to stay away from areas where armed conflicts have taken place. In a statement published late on Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Saudi Arabian embassy in Lebanon advised its citizens not

US seize illicit chinese bio-lab,Trump charges & Pakistan peace proposal

05 Aug 2023 09:06 AM IST

This week, the world witnessed shocking political development in the US, where the federal prosecutors have charged (read: criminal charges!) the ex-president of the US, Donald Trump for his malicious actions to upturn the results of the 2020 election to stay in power. He is already facing the serious charges

Okinawa warned of Typhoon Khanun’s stormy U-turn weekend

05 Aug 2023 09:04 AM IST

Residents of Japan’s southwestern islands were warned of high winds and rain through the weekend once a nearly stationary Typhoon Khanun starts moving back east later Friday. The forecast U-turn will bring Khanun across Okinawa and nearby islands that were already lashed by its winds and rain earlier this week.

“City Killer” Asteroids: The Terrifying threats passing earth annually

05 Aug 2023 09:03 AM IST

Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our Solar System. Approximately half a billion asteroids with sizes greater than four metres in diameter orbit the Sun, travelling through our Solar System at speeds up to about 30 kilometres per second – about the same speed as

Thailand Train-pickup truck collision: 8 Dead, 4 injured

05 Aug 2023 09:02 AM IST

Eight people were killed when a freight train struck a pickup truck crossing the tracks in an eastern province of Thailand early Friday morning, authorities said. The accident at 2:20 am also injured four people in the Muang district of Chachoengsao province, according to the State Railway of Thailand. The

15 killed, 21 injured in bus accident in Mexico’s Nayarit

05 Aug 2023 08:57 AM IST

At least 15 people were killed while 21 others were injured in a bus crash in the coastal Mexican state of Nayarit, state authorities said. The crash happened in the early hours of Thursday near Barranca Blanca on the highway outside the state capital Tepic, officials said. The Elite passenger

Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara after militia clashes

05 Aug 2023 08:56 AM IST

Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify there between regional forces and the military. The prime minister’s office announced the decision on Friday after the region’s leader said regular law enforcement was no longer

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges related to 2020 election

05 Aug 2023 08:54 AM IST

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Trump appeared before a magistrate

Pakistan’s Assembly will be dissolved on Aug 9: PM Shehbaz Sharif

05 Aug 2023 08:53 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the National Assembly would be dissolved on August 9, three days before the term of the lower house of Parliament is scheduled to end, a move which will prompt general elections in the country within 90 days. Sharif said this on Thursday

Russia pitched N Korea to boost the sale of munitions to Moscow, says White House

05 Aug 2023 08:52 AM IST

The White House on Thursday said US intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke last week to North Korean officials during a visit to Pyongyang about increasing the sale of munitions to Moscow for its war in Ukraine. Shoigu made the pitch during his visit to