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A Department of Justice statement on Friday said that the penalty was for two separate “misconduct relating to his public office”.In addition to the fine, the diplomat with 34 years of distinguished service was given a sentence of 36-month probation, which saves him from prison time as long as he stayed out of trouble during that period.Olson was the ambassador to Islamabad from 2012 to 2015 and followed that up as the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2015 to 2016 during the administration of former President Barack Obama.The Department said that Olson had admitted before a federal…

“The European Union is trying to break away from Turkey,” Erdogan told journalists on Saturday in Istanbul before leaving for New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly meetings.Turkey would make its own assessment on a recent report adopted by the European Parliament, in which the EU criticised Ankara for failing to make progress in several areas to revive its membership talks, the Turkish President added.”After these evaluations, we may part ways with the EU if necessary,” Erdogan warned.Turkey has pursued membership in the 27-nation bloc for over two decades, yet the accession process has experienced limited advancement owing…

The victims are six women and a man in the Al-Luhayyah and Az-Zuhrah districts in the northern part of the province.This is the latest in a series of similar reported accidents across the country during this rainy season, Xinhua news agency reported.Yemen’s National Center of Meteorology issued a warning to citizens in several provinces, including Hodeidah, about thunderstorms, heavy rains, and floods.In a recent report, the UN said that climate change-related natural hazards have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country, adding that extreme weather events have destroyed Yemen’s fragile infrastructures and increased food and livelihood insecurity.–IANSint/khz

According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health on Saturday, the 804 deaths in total included 211 in September, 342 in August and 204 in July.According to the DGHS, 40,754 dengue cases were recorded so far in September, after 71,976 in August and 43,854 in July, Xinhua news agency reported.The South Asian country recorded 14 more deaths and 2,598 more dengue infections in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. local time Saturday.The June-September monsoon period is the season of dengue fever in Bangladesh, which is considered a high-risk country prone to…

Prague, Sep 17 (IANS) Thousands of Czechs gathered at Prague’s Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital to protest against the government. Under the slogan “Czech Republic against the government,” the rally was mainly against the inappropriate actions of the government on inflation, tax changes and pension adjustments. There were also banners in the crowd that read “Down with the US minions” and “Down with NATO,” according to the Czech News Agency (CTK).The rally was attended by more than 100,000 people, according to the organiser, the non-parliamentary PRO (Law Respect Expertise) party.Some of the participants later marched through the city from…

Delivering a speech on Saturday during the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), he announced a series of measures aimed at strengthening the public healthcare system, accelerating the delivery of justice, combating tax evasion, and improving the prevention and response mechanism to natural disasters, Xinhua news agency reported.The destructive major wildfires of this summer and the deadly floods last week have led to a radical redrawing of policies for the future, Mitsotakis said, according to Greek national broadcaster ERT.”What the state and citizens have lost, will be recovered and we will work together… We will do our best so that this…

“I left Derna today with a heavy heart after witnessing the devastation caused by the floods on lives and properties… This crisis is beyond Libya’s capacity to manage, it goes beyond politics and borders,” Bathily added in a post on social media platform ‘X’ on Saturday.He said that the UN is actively collaborating with local authorities and aid agencies on the ground providing aid to those in need while conducting further assessment of the situation to enhance coordination of the response efforts in Derna and other affected areas, Xinhua news agency reported.On September 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in…

People can easily share their thoughts and concerns with the Chief Minister’s office through this channel, said a government statement on Saturday.The announcement of the channel was made on microblogging website ‘X,’ where authorities from the Chief Minister’s Office said, “For Uttar Pradesh’s successful Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath Ji, the 25 crore citizens of the state are ‘one family’. Under the able leadership of the Chief Minister, the Uttar Pradesh government is working with full commitment for the well-being and prosperity of every member of the ‘family’. For easy communication with every member of the ‘Uttar Pradesh family’ of the…

A video of the incident went viral on social media, prompting the police to take action and arrest the three accused: Mohammed Faisal, Shahwaz, and Arbaaz, all in their early 20s, on Saturday.The victim, 17, was returning home from school when she was accosted by the miscreants, Shahwaz and his brother Arbaaz, both from the Hanswar police station area.Shahwaz and Arbaaz were riding a motorcycle and allegedly pulled her dupatta to tease her and outrage her modesty.The girl tried to pull her dupatta back, but she fell to the ground. At the same time, another youth identified as Faisal of…

The former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh said that discussions regarding the rally are going on with the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and other allies of the INDIA bloc.He made this statement while addressing a press conference in Bhopal on Saturday.Congress General Secretary Randeep Surjewala, who was also present at the press conference, added that “no final decision has been taken on when and where it will now be held”. He said, “It’s still being discussed between Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and leaders representing other partner parties of the alliance, once something is freezed, we will let you know,…