Police have arrested Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts. And a Russian tanker under U.S. sanctions was hit by a Ukrainian drone near a strategic bridge in the Kerch Strait that links Russia to the annexed Crimean Peninsula, Kremlin officials said Saturday.
These are just some of the top stories on the August 5, 2023 edition of The World This Weekend.
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