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Join the investigation: PM Shehbaz responds to Imran's allegations
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Responding to Khan's lengthy tweet, Sharif said: "Leave the fabrications here and there. Join the investigation and account for your corruption. End of the matter." Early Monday morning, Khan posted on Twitter the details of the alleged London plan, which according to him, has been devised to keep him out of the politics to delay and rig elections.
Indian national allegedly shot dead by cop in Uganda: Report
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Police constable Ivan Wabwire, 30, who has been arrested, opened fire with an AK-47 at Uttam Bhandari inside Raja Chambers along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala on May 12, according to the Kampala Metropolitan Police. The Police Flying Squad Unit and the local police in Busia arrested Wabwire on May 14 as he tried to cross to neighbouring Kenya, Kampala-based newspaper Daily Monitor, reported.
Pak's ruling coalition protests outside SC against preferential treatment to Imran
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Meanwhile, the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police requested the protesters to remain peaceful, saying that there is a threat of terrorist activity, The Express Tribune reported. Earlier, PDM workers who came out in the form of caravans carried the flags of their parties, while at some places, in the form of protest rallies, the workers raised slogans against the Chief Justice and in favour of the Pakistan Army.
'PTI leadership instigated riots in Peshawar by paying huge bribes to Afghan citizens'
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Security sources have claimed that the PTI leadership carried out the riots by paying huge amounts to Afghan citizens, Samaa TV reported. The law enforcement agencies have released an alleged confessional statement following a spree of arrests.
Ukraine not attacking Russian territory: Zelensky
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"We are not attacking Russian territory," Zelensky said, adding: "We are preparing a counterattack to de-occupy the illegitimately conquered territories." He made the remarks on Sunday after talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, reports the BBC.
Military establishment plans to humiliate me by arresting my wife, keeping me in jail for next 10 years: Imran Khan
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"So now the complete London plan is out. Using pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they have assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner. The plan now is to humiliate me by putting Bushra begum (Khan's wife) in jail, and using some sedition law to keep me inside for next ten years," Imran Khan tweeted.
Opposition leads in Thailand's general election: Electoral body
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According to the live update on the vote counting released by the country's Election Commission on Sunday, nearly 80 per cent of the votes have been counted by midnight.
Turkey's presidential poll goes to likely runoff with 93% of votes counted
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Early results of Anadolu showed incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a comfortable ahead compared to the Opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, but the gap was narrowed as more votes were counted, Xinhua news agency reported.
2 killed, 5 injured in US-Mexico border city shooting
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Police responded to a report of shots fired in a neighbourhood at about 10:54 p.m. local time Saturday (0554 GMT Sunday) and found several people with gunshot wounds, the Yuma Police Department said in a press statement on Sunday. Two male victims, aged 19 and 20 respectively, were pronounced dead in a local hospital shortly after being sent there, it added as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
Hubble telescope captures light-bending galaxy cluster
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The galaxy cluster, called eMACS J1823.1+7822, lies in the constellation Draco. It is one of five exceptionally massive galaxy clusters Hubble explored with the aim of measuring the strengths of these gravitational lenses, which would provide insights into the distribution of dark matter in galaxy clusters.
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