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No hostile agency involved in security breach at Pak PMO: Pakistan Minister
The statement from Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah comes hours after yet another audio clip went viral on social media, the third featuring former Prime Minister Imran Khan. This one centres on "buying five" and a "numbers game", Dawn reported.
Ishaq Dar's controversial return as Pakistan's new Finance Minister
With Dar's return to the country, it is widely speculated that Nawaz Sharif will likely come back to Pakistan soon. For the Imran Khan-led opposition, Dar's appointment as the new finance minister and reports of Nawaz's return will provide more fuel to their movement against the 'selected' PDM alliance. This is going to result in more political instability in Pakistan.
Japan's lower house speaker reveals further links to controversial religious sect
Hosoda told parliamentary representatives in a meeting on the issue that as well as four gatherings he previously admitted to attending between 2018 and 2019 hosted by the sect, he attended four more events and sent three messages, reports Xinhua news agency.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ukrainian, Russian & Belarusian campaigners
The recipients of the award are human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. According to the Committe, Bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement that emerged in Belarus in the mid-1980s.
Pakistan's energy security on ventilator as exporters shun cash-strapped Islamabad
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, analysts said, is set to deal a blow to Pakistan's energy sector as Islamabad -Washington ties improve. Pakistan's dependence on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) has increased over the years and now the rise in global fuel prices has become a cause for concern. With limited foreign exchange reserves, the country's ability to import LNG is also restricted.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund chief highlights 'fundamental shift' in global economy
The global economy is moving "from a world of relative predictability, with a rules-based framework for international economic cooperation, low interest rates, and low inflation... to a world with more fragility, greater uncertainty, higher economic volatility, geopolitical confrontations, and more frequent and devastating natural disasters", Georgieva said in a curtain raiser speech ahead of the 2022 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank scheduled next week.
US forces kill top Islamic State leaders in Syria
According to the CENTCOM statememt, the airstrike carried out at 6.32 p.m. on Thursday killed Abu-Hashum al-Umawi, a deputy IS leader in Syria, and another senior official of the terror group associated with him. "Initial assessments indicate no civilians were killed or wounded during this operation. No US forces were injured or killed and there was no loss or damage to American equipment...," the statement added.
More migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's residence
Video clips on social media showed dozens of migrants getting off a bus near the US Naval Observatory on early Thursday morning, reports Xinhua news agency. Many of the migrants reportedly came from Venezuela. They were said to have been greeted by aid groups and transported in smaller buses to nearby accommodations.
World would face Armageddon if Putin uses tactical nuke weapon: Biden
Addressing a Democratic fundraiser in New York on Thursday, Biden said it was the closest the world had come to nuclear catastrophe for 60 years, The Guardian reported. "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," he said. "We've got a guy I know fairly well," Biden said in a reference to the Russian President.
Russia will lose when our peace formula prevails: Zelensky tells summit
On Thursday, leaders from the European Union (EU), the UK, Turkey, Norway and the Balkans met at the first European Political Community in Prague, during which they discussed energy, migration and security, with a particular focus on the war in Ukraine. Congratulating on the formation of the Community, the President said that due to this initiative, "we have received not just another format of cooperation in Europe, but an extremely powerful opportunity to restore peace in Europe", according to a statement issued by Zelensky's office.
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