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”Will be back on streets once I fully recover,” ex-Pakistan PM Khan says in address after attack

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) By Anadolu Agency Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and wounded during his anti-government protest march on Thursday, has said he will be back on the streets once he recovers fully. “As soon as I get well, I

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Teacher who left his wife for teenage pupil is struck off

Gavin Dunsmuir married his former pupil Megan Reid last year Credit: Deadline News By The Telegraph An RE teacher has been struck off after getting into an inappropriate relationship with a pupil who he went on to marry and have children with. Gavin Dunsmuir was found to have formed a relationship with Megan Reid in

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Turkey says Sweden, Finland not yet done enough under NATO deal

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2022. Photographer Dilara Senkaya By Reuters Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Sweden and Finland have not yet fulfilled all obligations under a deal clearing their bids to join NATO, and they must still take concrete

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Death toll from Philippines storm climbs to 150

Credit to Photo AP By Anadolu Agency The death toll from severe tropical storm Paeng, internationally known as Nalgae, has climbed to 150 in the Philippines, authorities said on Thursday. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in a statement that 36 people remain missing while 128 were injured during the heavy winds

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Official: Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) By The Associated Press A gunman opened fire at a campaign truck carrying Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from his party and police

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Russia summons British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arrives at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, as activists hold a protest against what Russia’s officials said to be the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, in Moscow, Russia November 3, 2022. Photographer Shamil Zhumatov By Reuters Russia summoned

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Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears

Lisa Osofsky (second right), the SFO director, with Sara Chouraqui, Victoria Jacobson, and Elizabeth Collery, officials who worked on the Glencore case. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA The Guardian By Jasper Jolly Glencore flew cash bribes to officials in Africa via private jet amid “endemic” corruption within the mining company, a London court has heard, in sentencing

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Erdogan says he discussed with Zelenskiy sending grains to African countries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Credit to Photo Anadolu Agency By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed sending grain to African countries after Russia said it would resume participation in the Ukraine grain deal. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster ATV, Erdogan

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UAE and Egypt recruiting and training secret Somali forces

Young recruits wearing blue tracksuits and with their heads shaven are seen at a military camp before they were transferred to Mogadishu’s Damanyo barracks By Middle East Eye In the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a secret initiative is being carried out by the UAE and Egypt to recruit and train nearly 3,000 young Somali

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Turkey says Russia concerned over security, exports in grain deal

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Russia is concerned about its security and the obstacles it faces exporting fertiliser and grains, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlu Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, days after Moscow suspended its participation in a U.N.-brokered export deal. Ankara, in talks with Kyiv and Moscow to fully resume

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