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Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills more than 50, cuts roads
Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday. Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 had minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus…
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Defence Minister Asif says US, Iran close to ‘some sort’ of deal
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to “some sort” of deal, and fellow mediator Qatar said talks on managing the Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. The comments offered some hope that Iran and the…
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Cambridge chief calls plagiarism case ‘an aberration’
The University of Cambridge’s top administrator on Wednesday called a scandal over a professor who has resigned amid accusations of plagiarism “an aberration” and vowed a thorough investigation. The prestigious British university’s former professor of sociology of education, Jason Arday, resigned a week ago, facing snowballing allegations of plagiarising parts of his PhD thesis and…
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Nigel Farage regains UK parliamentary seat, fights off Count Binface challenge
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in Clacton on Friday but saw his strategy to silence critics backfire when his main rival Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a trash can, took more than a quarter of the vote. Farage, one of Britain’s leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did…
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Pakistani boxer Qudratullah ‘goes missing’ in Glasgow after Commonwealth Games
Pakistani boxer Qudratullah, who represented the country at the Commonwealth Games 2026, has reportedly gone missing around six hours before the national contingent was due to depart for home. Sources in the Pakistan Boxing Federation confirmed the disappearance to Geo News, saying the athlete was last seen in his hotel room at around 2am. The team…
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Khalistan referendum draws large turnout in Indianapolis despite rain
INDIANAPOLIS: A referendum advocating the creation of Khalistan was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, under the auspices of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), with organisers saying members of the Sikh community travelled from different cities and states to participate in the vote. Voting continued despite rainfall, with women and families with young children among those turning up…
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Rain forces early lunch on day one of second Pakistan-West Indies Test
Rain interrupted play on the opening day of the second and final Test between West Indies and Pakistan at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Sunday, forcing an early lunch. Only 9.5 overs were possible in the rain-affected first session, with the hosts reaching 49-1 before persistent drizzle brought proceedings to a halt.…
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Islam Makhachev edges Garry to retain UFC welterweight title
Russia’s Islam Makhachev used his dominant grappling to earn a unanimous decision win over Ian Machado Garry to retain his UFC welterweight title in a tight, tense five-round battle in the main event of UFC 330 in Philadelphia in the early hours of Sunday. The 28-year-old Irish challenger provided plenty of problems for the champion,…
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Dr Paul Bhatti honoured with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for promoting interfaith harmony
The Government of Pakistan has announced that Dr Paul Jacob Bhatti will receive the national civil award Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, in recognition of his decades-long work promoting interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence among Pakistan’s religious communities. The announcement came just days after Pakistan observed National Minorities Day on August 11, commemorating Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s historic 1947…
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New provinces amendment will come ‘without Rana Sanaullah knowing’, says Kamal
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Mustafa Kamal warned on Sunday that a constitutional amendment on the creation of new provinces would come without PM’s adviser on political and public affaris, Rana Sanaullah, even knowing about it. His remarks came a day after Sanaullah had said the establishment had not yet spoken to the government…
