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ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani anti-graft court jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on charges of illegally selling state gifts, his party said on Wednesday, a day after Khan was jailed for 10 years in another case.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States struck up to 10 unmanned drones in Yemen that were preparing to launch, a U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is actively pursuing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel and exploring options with partners in the region, the State Department spokesperson said today.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani anti-graft court jailed Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on charges of illegally selling state gifts, his party said today, the third conviction for the embattled former prime minister in the last few months.

WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA,  (Reuters) – Hamas said yesterday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, presented by mediators after talks with Israel, in what appeared to be the most serious peace initiative for months.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan jailed Imran Khan for 10 years yesterday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the popular former prime minister and cricket superstar has received and one announced just days before a general election.

WILMINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Dela-ware judge tossed out Elon Musk’s record-breaking $56 billion Tesla  TSLA.O pay

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistan court sentenced Imran Khan to 10 years’ jail today for leaking state secrets, his party said, the harshest sentence against the former prime minister and cricketer in multiple cases coming just days before national elections.

GAZA/DOHA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israel launched an assault on Gaza’s biggest city, weeks after pulling back from it, while Washington vowed yesterday to take “all necessary actions” to defend its troops after a deadly attack in Jordan, the first U.S.

(Reuters) – The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company’s billionaire founder Elon Musk said.

BALLYNAHINCH, Northern Ireland,  (Reuters) – The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it had reached a deal with the British government on the operation of post-Brexit trade rules that would allow it to return to the region’s power-sharing government.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) –  Brazilian federal police yesterday searched properties linked to Carlos Bolsonaro, a son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, as part of a probe into suspected illegal spying on political foes during his father’s term, two sources said.

LAGOS/LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Shell’s exit from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector highlights risks oil majors face in Africa’s biggest exporter but has raised hopes that local firms could reverse the output decline from the Niger Delta, industry officials and analysts said.

(Reuters) – Investors that use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies on environmental and social issues said they are worried that an Exxon Mobil XOM.N

 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande Group 3333.HK today. Evergrande is the world’s most indebted real estate developer and has been at the centre of an unprecedented liquidity crisis in China’s property sector, which accounts for roughly a quarter of the world’s second-largest economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three U.S. service members were killed and dozens may be wounded after an unmanned aerial drone attack on U.S.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have captured two gunmen who shot one person dead on Sunday during a service at a church in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said it regretted a strike that killed dozens of civilians and injured others a year ago, accepting for the first time its responsibility for the incident investigated by Reuters.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s far-right Our Homeland party would lay claim to a western region of Ukraine that is home to about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians if Ukraine loses its statehood due to Russia’s invasion, the party’s leader said late on Saturday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hundreds of members of the Israeli settler community gathered for a convention in Jerusalem on Sunday calling for Israel to rebuild settlements in Gaza , and the northern part of the Occupied West Bank.