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Charles officially announced as king at royal ceremony

Shawdesh Desk: King Charles III was officially announced as Britain’s monarch Saturday, in a ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism — and, for the first time, broadcast live.

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Imran Khan to be indicted on contempt of court charges

Shawdesh desk: A Pakistani court decided on Thursday to indict former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of contempt of court, Pakistani broadcasters reported. Khan has been accused of the

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Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

Shawdesh Desk: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still

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Hamas executes 5 Palestinians in Gaza, including 2 for ‘collaboration’

Shawdesh desk: The Hamas Islamist movement ruling the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that they executed five Palestinians, including two for ‘collaboration’ with Israel. The executions for collaboration are the

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Flash floods: 36 killed, 1,941 injured in Pakistan in 24 hours

Shawdesh desk; At least 36 people were killed  1,941 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other  rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National 

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Last Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Shawdesh Desk: Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, has

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UN to seek $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations and Pakistan are set to appeal Tuesday for $160 million in emergency funding for nearly a half million displaced victims of record-breaking floods that have

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23 dead amid fighting in Iraq after Moqtada al-Sadr quits

Shawdesh Desk: At least 23 people have been killed in some of the worst fighting for years in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, sparked by a key leader’s decision to quit politics,

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