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Massive San Francisco outage leaves 130,000 homes, businesses without power

The power failure left a large swath of the northern part of the city in the dark, beginning with the Richmond and Presidio neighbourhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park

WW II Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 105

With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops and propelled the United States into the war

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 17 years in graft case

Judge Shahrukh Arjumand of an anti-graft court handed Khan the maximum prison sentence for illegally undervaluing and then obtaining expensive gifts from the national treasury when he was premier

Epstein files offer scant insight on crimes or how he evaded prosecution

Missing are FBI interviews with survivors and internal Justice Department memos examining charging decisions records

US forces stop oil tanker off Venezuela coast as Trump ramps up pressure

The pre-dawn operation comes days after Trump announced a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of the South American country

16 files disappear from DOJ webpage on documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein

The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza

Ten arrested in Bangladesh over lynching of Hindu man, says Yunus' govt

Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old garment factory worker, was lynched to death by a mob and his body set on fire over alleged blasphemy in Baluka in Mymensingh on Thursday

US expands sanctions against Maduro family members, close associates

The sanctions were aimed at disrupting the financial networks supporting Maduro's "illegitimate" regime, according to the Treasury Department

Nepal polls: Ex-PM warns of 'street action' if March 5 deadline is deferred

Attempts are being made to differ the election date, which is not acceptable, Prachanda pointed out and said, the election slated for March 5 must be conducted on the stipulated date

Jordan confirms its air force joined US strikes on Islamic State in Syria

The US launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in Syria to eliminate Islamic State group fighters and weapons in retaliation for an attack by a Syrian gunman that killed two US troops

'No embargo' on Imran Khan's sons meeting him in jail: Pakistan govt

Pakistani authorities have reportedly imposed unannounced restrictions on meetings with Khan on the grounds that the visitors use such meetings for political ends

Bangladesh holds state funeral of Osman Hadi amid tight security

Police and paramilitary forces were deployed across the capital for Saturday's funeral but there were no reports of any renewed violence

8 killed, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port

Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post

World Bank approves $700 mn to bolster Pakistan's macroeconomic stability

The approval follows a $ 47.9 million World Bank grant in August to improve primary education in Punjab

Blasts hit Jaffar Express, other train, disrupt rail traffic in Balochistan

SSP Quetta, Shahid Nawaz, said that on Friday one bomb blast damaged about three feet of railway track in Mushkaf, while another blast in the Dasht area caused further damage

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 17 yrs in corruption case

Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the case in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi

IMF approves $206 mn emergency funding for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka's recovery

The IMF added that the cyclone devastation hit when the Fifth Review of Sri Lanka's USD 2.9 billion bailout was nearing completion

Elise Stefanik suspends New York governor campaign, won't seek reelection

Moments after Stefanik's surprise statemement, Trump described her on social media as a "fantastic person" and "tremendous talent"

Ex-Trump adviser Powell McCormick steps down from Meta board after 8 months

Powell McCormick, who served as Trump's deputy national security adviser during his first term, is considering retaining an advisory role where she continues working with Meta's senior leadership team

Mamdani revamps hiring after old antisemitic remarks prompt aide to quit

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had