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The Hague court’s Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan warns civil war ‘has reached an intolerable state’.A senior International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity” are being committed in war-ravaged Sudan’s western Darfur region. ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan presented her assessment before the United Nations Security Council on Thursday of the devastating conflict, which has raged since 2023, killing more than 40,000 people and displacing 13 million others. Khan said the depth of suffering and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur “has reached an intolerable state”,…

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PTI’s founder ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith, her sons Kasim Khan and Suleiman Khan. — Instagram/@khanjemima/YouTube/@MarioNawfalJemima says sons denied contact with Imran Khan in prison.Kasim Khan condemns state’s isolation of his father.Aleema says Imran’s sons plan to visit US, then join PTI protests.Jemima Goldsmith has strongly criticised the Pakistani government for threatening to deny her sons any contact with their father, former prime minister Imran Khan, who has been in prison for nearly two years.The 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism since his ouster from power via the…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. — Reuters/FileKUALA LUMPUR: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Malaysia, the State Department said.The meeting comes as Washington and Beijing remain locked in disputes over issues ranging from trade and fentanyl to Taiwan and advanced technology. Rubio and Wang are in Kuala Lumpur for a gathering of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which Japan, South Korea and Australia are also attending.Tensions between Washington and…

Jessica Simpson celebrates special day with surprise announcementJessica Simpson is celebrating herself with a surprise announcement for her fans.The songstress took to her Instagram account on Thursday to mark her 42nd birthday with an appealing video. In the celebratory post, Jessica teased new music while revealing the title of her upcoming song.”To start off my 45th year’round the sun, Imma gonna bright side the journey of life by choosin’ to be the HAPPY part of my BIRTHDAY,” Jessica wrote.She took the moment to announce the release of the second part of her LP, Nashville Canyon, whose first part was debuted…

Here are the key events on day 1,233 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Friday, July 11: Fighting Russia’s escalation of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities led to a three-year high in the number of civilians killed or wounded in June, the United Nations said. The UN verified at least 232 people killed and 1,343 wounded during the month – the highest combined toll since April 2022. Russia unleashed heavy air strikes on Ukraine, killing two and wounding 26, before a conference in Rome at which Kyiv won billions of dollars in aid pledges,…

Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al -Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, issued a decision regarding the formation of a system of work of the Centers Licensing Affairs Committee

Badswat and Bilhanz villages in Immit Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan hit by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) on July 17, 2018. — AKDN/FileThe National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) on Thursday issued alerts for potential flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) after recording a significant increase in temperature in the northern regions, particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The increasing temperature in the country’s northern regions was resulting in the melting of glaciers and snow cover, thereby increasing river flows, said the NEOC of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in a statement. The areas that require vigilant attention…

Solar panels are seen along with a view of the neighborhood and lower Manhattan from the rooftop of Timber House, the city’s first mass-timber condo building, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 16, 2022. — Reuters PARIS: Solar energy has become the number one source of electricity in Europe for the first time, according to new research.A report by the Ember group, a UK-based energy think tank, shows that solar panels generated more power than any other source across the European Union in June, making up 22.1 percent of the total electricity mix. That placed it…

Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher. — AFP/FileIreland’s Curtis Campher has written his name into the record books of cricket by becoming the first male cricketer in professional history to take five wickets in five balls.The all-rounder achieved the remarkable feat on Thursday while playing for Munster Reds in a domestic T20 Trophy match against the North-West Warriors in Dublin. The game in question ended with Munster ultimately winning by 100 runs.Campher began his spell by bowling Jared Wilson and trapping Graham Hume lbw to end the 12th over, then returned in the 14th to complete a hat-trick with the dismissal of Andy…