Global Developments Include Pakistan Emergency, Nepal Floods, and Riyadh Attack

Pakistan declared an emergency in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, citing a worsening law and order situation. The move brought the provincial government led by Imran Khan's party to an end.

Opposition parties and a lawyers' body in Pakistan condemned the imposition of emergency and governor's rule in the province, calling it a 'grave political mistake' that the people would never accept.

In Nepal, authorities rescued more than 80 people, including nine foreign nationals, after a flash flood in the Budhi Gandaki River swept away houses and bridges and damaged hydropower projects in Gorkha district. Five people remained missing.

A Kathmandu-based intergovernmental organisation said a landslide and the possible breach of a temporary river blockage may have triggered the flash flood in the Budhi Gandaki river system early on Sunday.

Leaders and senior officials from across the world condemned the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The attack killed 12 people and injured more than 300.

In the United States, Indian-Americans are not only contesting public office but are also backing candidates seen as favourable to their concerns in the November 3 midterm elections. In a separate development, Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick said he would move a bipartisan Bill to block President Donald Trump's plan to lift sanctions on Russian diesel after talks with President Vladimir Putin.