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Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) The US State Department has said that PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest was Pakistan’s internal matter.”Cases against Imran Khan and other politicians on Pakistan are an internal matter,” US State Department’s spokesperson was quoted by Dawn as saying.The spokesperson added: “We call for the respect of democratic principles and the rule of law in Pakistan, as we do around the world.”The former Pakistan Prime Minister was arrested in connection with the Toshakhana case.However, independent observers are of the opinion that it would worsen the political crisis.Taking to Twitter, Michael Kugelman, a scholar of South Asian affairs at…

Colombo, Aug 6 (IANS) About 90,000 people in four provinces of Sri Lanka have been affected by droughts with Jaffna being the worst hit district, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday.The four affected areas are Sabaragamuwa, Eastern, North Western and Northern provinces, Xinhua news agency reported quoting DMC as saying.A total of 89,485 people from 27,885 families have been affected and Jaffna in the Northern Province is the worst affected district, with 69,113 people from 21,714 families impacted, the DMC said.According to the DMC, droughts in the South Asian island country usually occur due to the delay of…

Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) Six people were killed and four others are missing after heavy rain pummeled Shulan city in China’s Jilin province, local authorities said.Shulan was recording continuous rainy weather since Tuesday night. On Friday, the average daily precipitation had reached 111.7 mmNine reservoirs exceeding flood limits in the city had maintained proper discharge till Saturday afternoon, Xinhua news agency reported.The current round of rainfall has now basically ended.A total of 18,916 people have been evacuated, with 21 temporary relocation facilities established.Around 85 electricity and 26 telecommunication facilities have been restored.–IANSint/svn

Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) China’s National Meteorological Centre on Saturday rnewed a blue alert as typhoon Khanun, the sixth typhoon this year, continues to move northeast on the East China Sea.From 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, strong winds with speeds of 39 to 74 km per hour are expected in most parts of the South China Sea, the Beibu Gulf, the Taiwan Strait, the Bashi Channel, areas to the east of China’s Taiwan island, the East China Sea and the waters near the Diaoyu Islands, as well as the coastal areas of Guangxi, Taiwan island, the western coast…

Copenhagen, Aug 5 (IANS) Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said that his government is considering enacting laws to prevent the recurring incidents of burning and desecration of the Holy Quran.Rasmussen made the remarks during a phone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency.The discussions tackled the repeated incidents of burning and desecration of the Quran, which threatens the peaceful coexistence of societies, according to the statement.Rasmussen expressed his country’s regret and dissatisfaction with such incidents in Denmark, noting these behaviors do not reflect Danish societal values.For his part, Shoukry affirmed that Egypt categorically…

Moscow, Aug 5 (IANS) The prison term of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been extended to 19 years in addition to the nine-year term he was already serving for parole violations, fraud and contempt of court. The trial was held on Friday in a remote penal colony in the town of Melekhovo, 150 miles east of Moscow, where Navalny has been in since 2021, reports the BBC.The proceedings were closed to the press and the public.The Kremlin’s most vocal critic, who was found guilty of founding and funding an extremist organisation, will serve his time in a “special regime…

London, Aug 5 (IANS) To mark the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, the British High Commission is offering young Indian women a chance to spend a day as one of the UK’s top diplomats.The annual ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ competition, with focus on Sustainable Development Goals, will provide an opportunity to Indian women, aged 18 to 23, to share their strengths with the world, the British High Commission in New Delhi announced on Friday. “The Sustainable Development Goals push for a better planet for everyone, everywhere; just as India is doing with its G20 Presidency.…

Moscow, Aug 5 (IANS) Russian authorities on Saturday claimed that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged a tanker in the Kerch Strait near the occupied Crimean Peninsula.According to Oleg Kryuchkov, the Russia-appointed adviser to the head of Crimea, said that loud explosions were heard late Friday night by residents of the city of Kerch, the state-run TASS News Agency reported.He however, said that the “loud sounds had nothing to do with the Crimean bridge. A threat of attack has been announced”.On its part, the Marine Rescue Coordination Center of Novorossiysk said the loud sounds were the “result of an attack” on…

Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) In a bid to avoid the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) forever; Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed a bill titled “National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Authority Act, 2023″. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar presented the bill in the National Assembly, terming it as important legislation which would bring all institutions related to FATF under one authority.”The proposed authority would function as a focal institution and help the state give a unified response to curb the menace of money laundering and terror financing,” Khar said.”This is a…

Mexico City, Aug 4 (IANS) Six Indians were onboard a passenger bus, which plunged into a 164-foot-deep hillside in the western Mexican state of Nayarit early Thursday, killing 17 people and injuring 23 others. A source from Nayarit’s firefighting service said six Indian citizens had been aboard the bus, part of the Elite passenger line, which departed from Mexico City on Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported.The bus’s destination was Tijuana, the border town across from southern California.An official list with the names of survivors published by Mexican newspaper El Financiero identified four of the India nationals as Rajan Singh, 21;…