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Queen Elizabeth II passes away, Prince Charles succeeds as king
Queen Elizabeth II breathed her last at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, one of her four 'royal' residences and possibly her favourite. Her family from near and afar had gathered there to be at her side in her final moments. Apart from Prince Charles, his elder son William, now next in succession, Charles' sister Anne, brothers Andrew and Edward and his wife Camilla were present.
Pakistan government plans long legal battle against Imran Khan
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said some actions and steps have already been taken against Khan's ongoing-targeted attacks on the country's military establishment and other institutions including judiciary, adding that more such actions will be taken in the coming days.
PM Shehbaz Sharif says Imran Khan 'out to undermine Pakistan'
Referring to two news stories published in the British weekly 'The Economist', Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the international publication had "validated" what the government had been saying regarding PTI's handling of the economy. The Prime Minister said the magazine had said that the former premier "blew up" the IMF deal and Imran was "exploiting the disaster to score political points".
Joe Biden bounces back in approval ratings against Donald Trump: Poll
The survey of 1,634 US adults conducted from September 2-6 immediately after the combative primetime speech in which Biden blasted "Trump and the MAGA Republicans" as "extremists" who "threaten the very foundations of our republic", showed that if the next presidential election "were held today", 48 per cent of registered voters would choose Joe Biden, while 42 per cent would choose Donald Trump.
Trust in dollar gone: Putin
"Western countries have undermined the foundations of the global economic system. There is a loss of confidence in the dollar, the euro and the pound sterling as currencies in which to conduct transactions, hold assets and reserves," he stated at the seventh annual Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
North Korea holds key parliamentary meeting without Kim Jong-un
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) meeting was held in Pyongyang the previous day, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "The session adopted with unanimous approval the ordinance of the SPA of the DPRK 'On Adopting Law of the DPRK on Socialist Rural Development' and 'On Adopting Law of the DPRK on Landscaping'," it said.
Iran warns regional states against hosting US forces
Mohammad Baqeri, chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, made the remarks in a post on his page on a domestically-developed social media app Rubika, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the official news agency IRNA. The written warnings were issued through the Iranian Foreign Ministry, he said.
Iran won't compromise on any red lines in nuke talks: FM
"Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi constantly highlights the necessity of observing the red lines set by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei aimed at neutralizing the sanctions while continuing the nuclear negotiations," Amir-Abdollahian told a summit of the Assembly of Experts, a panel of clerics empowered to elect the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon to be indicted in New York
The criminal indictment will include the allegation that Bannon defrauded donors in a fundraising effort named "We Build the Wall" starting from around the end of 2018, Xinhua news agency quoted the reports as saying "This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system," said Bannon in a statement on Tuesday. In early 2021, Trump pardoned Bannon in a similar case at the federal level.
Pakistan's fake Twitter handles promote Khalistani agenda, mislead users
Pakistan has earlier resorted to attacking India via social media. This time their target was Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh, who was called 'Khalistani' on Twitter, to mislead Indian social media users. Arshdeep had dropped a crucial catch during the second last over of the Asia Cup match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on Sunday.
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