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London : Palace officials say the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey in London after the public gets an opportunity to pay their last respects to the monarch. Elizabeth, the nation’s longest-reigning sovereign, died Thursday at her summer retreat in the Scottish Highlands. Details on the 96-year old queen’s funeral will be released later, but organizers on Saturday described the ceremony as a “a fitting farewell to one of the defining figures of our times.” Palace officials said there would be opportunities to see the late sovereign’s oak coffin as it…

HONG KONG : Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deemed anti-government.

Bahrain :  The General Command of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) has invited civilians to volunteer to join the Reserve Force in continuation of the first phase. Relatives of the military and civilian staff and retirees of the BDF and the National Guard are eligible to register. Applicants should register on the BDF’s website using the following link: https://www.bdf.bh, provided that: 1- They are Bahrainis. 2- They are aged between 18 and 55. However, technicians and specialists are exempted from the upper age limit requirement. 3- They should have good conduct, and not convicted by a court for felony or misdemeanor involving moral…

Bahrain : Labour Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, has called for integrating job seekers in the private medical sector, by rehabilitating and training them in collaboration with the relevant entities, as well as by taking advantage of the existing detailed and integrated database. He stressed the importance of integrating national competencies in the labour market, in light of the Economic Recovery Plan, launched by the government in many promising sectors. He said that several initiatives aimed at integrating job seekers in the Bahrain’s private medical sector are being implemented, as part of the joint efforts to implement the provisions…

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s “suit boot ka Sarkaar” jibe at the Narendra Modi government was returned with interest by the BJP again today. The party claimed that the Congress leader was sporting a ₹ 41,000-plus T-Shirt from British luxury brand Burberry on his “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, meant to evolve a connect with the common man.As the Congress tweeted a reminder of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “10 lakh suit”, Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra warned the BJP not to “cross the line”. “Seriously advise BJP to not cross line & comment on Opposition’s personal clothes & belongings. Remember if we start doing the same with…

Jakarta :  An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a tsunami, the country’s geophysics agency (BMKG) said. The quake struck about 262 km (163 miles) east-northeast of Biak in Indonesia, at a depth of 16 km (10 miles), BMKG reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Earlier on Saturday quakes with magnitudes of 6.1, 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude struck near the same location. Indonesia straddles the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where different tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust meet and create frequent seismic activity.

Wellington : Five people died Saturday in New Zealand after the small charter boat they were aboard capsized, authorities say, in what may have been a collision with a whale. Another six people aboard the boat were rescued. Police said the 8.5-meter (28-foot) boat overturned near the South Island town of Kaikōura. Police said they were continuing to investigate the cause of the accident. Kaikōura Police Sergeant Matt Boyce described it as a devastating and unprecedented event.

Bahrain :  Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister, and Chairman of the High Committee to Oversee the Integrity of the Elections of the members of the Council of Representatives, Nawaf bin Mohammed Al-Maawda, today issued Edict (119) of 2022. Under the edict, the President of the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission (LLOC), Chancellor Nawaf Abdullah Hamza, was appointed as Executive Director of the Elections of the members of the Council of Representatives. The Executive Director shall oversee all the necessary administrative and technical preparations for the elections of the members of the Council of Representatives. The edict also stipulates that…

India : Senior BJP leaders, including Vijay Rupani, Biplab Deb, Prakash Javadekar , have been assigned new charges by the party leadership. With eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP gave new organisational charges to former chief ministers and Union ministers. Senior BJP leaders, including Vijay Rupani, Biplab Kumar Deb, Prakash Javadekar and Mahesh Sharma, were made in-charges of party affairs in different states. Vinod Tawde has been named as BJP’s new in-charge for Bihar, while Om Mathur and Mangal Pandey will take charge for Chhattisgarh and West Bengal respectively.

Tunis : At least eight migrants died and another 15 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, State Monastir Radio said. The coastguard rescued 14 migrants who had been on the overcrowded boat, which sank off Chebba town in Mahdia region. A security official said that the boat set off from El Awabed coast in Sfax region this week. He added that most of migrants in the boat are Tunisians. The coastline of Sfax has become a major departure point for people fleeing poverty in Africa and the…