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Jim Mattis, the retired Marine general who resigned as defence secretary last December in a military policy dispute with Trump, says he owes the nation public silence while his former boss remains in office.

Protesters had planned yet another mass rally on Saturday — the fifth anniversary of Beijing's rejection of a call for universal suffrage in the semi-autonomous city.

Alexandria, the country's second city, is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and backs up to a lake, making it uniquely susceptible to the rise in sea levels caused by global warming and the melting of the polar ice caps.

Ten melon-headed whales were found stranded alive early in the morning on Sugar Beach in the coastal resort community of Kihei. Hours later, a whale calf believed to belong to the same social group was also found dead.

Town Mayor Carlos Fraile told local media that the 62-year-old received 'several deadly horn blows' in the chest and neck, but nothing could be done to save him.

The twice-delayed presidential election comes as the US and Taliban are trying to seal an agreement under which US forces will withdraw in exchange for a Taliban security guarantee and a promise of power-sharing talks with Ghani's government.

For almost two weeks, the region has been racked by civil unrest over perceived racial and ethnic discrimination, although some protesters are demanding an independence vote.

Asif Ali Zardari, the 64-year-old husband of the country's first woman prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau in a corruption case on July 1. He was shifted to Adiala jail earlier this month.

A law enforcement agency revealed the data in its report submitted to the Punjab government, stating that the number of HIV/AIDS cases has reached 140 in Shahkot since September 2018.

The earthquake struck at a depth of about 10 kilometres. No reports of destruction or casualties due to the quake have surfaced yet.

Diplomat Wang yi also said that, while Hong Kong was facing its most serious challenge since the handover, it was capable of overcoming its problems with the support of the government and the unity of Hong Kong residents.

The evacuation orders came after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued its highest-level alert for several parts of the northern Kyushu region.

To a question on Brexit uncertainty hindering investment inflow into the UK, the high commissioner claimed that it was not stopping Indian companies.

Khan spoke to the Crown Prince on Monday about the situation in the Valley after India revoked the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two union territories

The Lahore High Court held the hearing after Saeed and 67 other leaders of Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat (FIF) filed a fresh petition removing the objection of the Registrar office.

Having been seen glowering at previous international events, at the G-7, Donald Trump beamed during every photo op on the French coast and marvelled at the architecture and organisation.