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Nawaz Sharif instructed Maryam to leave Pakistan immediately: Report
The decision to leave Pakistan forthwith was taken after concerns expressed in the reports of the government agencies regarding the preparations of arch-rival PTI's long march and its possible success, The Express Tribune report said. Therefore, instead of waiting for the other shoe to drop, Maryam, like the rest of her siblings, took refuge under the wings of her father in London, the report quoted sources as saying.
NASA eyes Nov 14 as launch date for Artemis I Moon mission
Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test to launch SLS and send Orion around the Moon and back to Earth to thoroughly test its system before flights with astronauts. "Teams will perform standard maintenance to repair minor damage to the foam and cork on the thermal protection system and recharge or replace batteries on the rocket, several secondary payloads, and the flight termination system," NASA said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Kim Jong-un inspects long-range cruise missile launches
On Wednesday, the North fired two long-range strategic cruise missiles that flew for "10,234 seconds along an oval and pattern-8 flight orbits in the sky above the West Sea of Korea and clearly hit the target 2,000 km away", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a report.
'Pakistan's catastrophic floods one of biggest climate tragedies of century'
The floods, triggered by torrential monsoon rain since mid-June, have killed more than 1,700 people and affected over 33 million people, reports Xinhua news agency. "The rescue mission has now stopped, but we are still in the longest relief operation any country has ever seen," the Minister said, adding that an estimated 20.6 million people are still in need of help.
France to boost military presence in Romania
A company of armoured personnel carriers and a company of Leclerc tanks of the French Army will be dispatched to the town of Cincu in central Romania both by rail and on wheels, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. The Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) was established in Romania in May by transforming the allied multinational elements within the NATO Response Force deployed in the country.
Ukrainian military responsible for Crimean Bridge blast: Russia
A camouflaged explosive device was hidden in a batch of construction materials, which was shipped from the Ukrainian seaport of Odessa to the Bulgarian city of Ruse in early August, it said. The cargo was delivered to Georgia and then Armenia before arriving at a wholesale depot in south Russia's Krasnodar region on October 6, according to the FSB. A day later, with the assistance of two Ukrainian citizens and five Russian nationals, the documents on the sender and recipient of the cargo were changed, and the freight was loaded into the truck of a Russian citizen, it added
India dismisses as 'frivolous' Pakistan's attempt to raise Kashmir during UNGA Ukraine vote
Pakistan should instead stop cross-border terrorism, she said. Speaking after the Assembly had voted to condemn Russia's annexation of areas of Ukraine, Pakistan's Permanent Representative Munir Akram said he looked forward to "similar concern and condemnation about the attempts by India to formalise" what he termed the annexation of Kashmir.
UNGA: India abstains again on resolution condemning Russia in Ukraine conflict
The resolution, which received 143 votes, with only five countries voting against it, and 35 abstaining on Wednesday at the Assembly's emergency session, passed with the required two-thirds majority showing Russia's isolation.
Imran Khan claims someone else pulled strings of power during his tenure
Imran Khan said had he been given control of even half of his due power, he would have even defeated a formidable commander as Sher Shah Suri, Samaa TV reported. He made this admission while talking to a select group from the media in Lahore on Wednesday.
Visa issues will be solved by year-end, Australia tells India
The visa backlog issue is of utmost concern to the Indian students who are trying to return to educational institutions in Australia following the Covid pandemic. "And I want to tell you that it was something that I took up with different ministers when I was in Canberra. We have a particular problem that students are facing," S. Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to Australia, said.
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