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Islamabad: The Election Commis­sion of Pakistan (ECP) has given Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ‘a last chance to submit its reply to the poll body’s show cause notice in the prohibited funding case.A four-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar...

Washington: US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said.The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50 billion plan aimed at...

London: Liz Truss became the new prime minister of the UK after meeting the Queen at Balmoral, where she was asked to form a government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.Truss, 47, is the UK’s 56th prime minister and...

Colombo: Sri Lanka is now in a serious crisis due to the actions of the former Rajapaksa regime, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said.She said not only the Rajapaksas but the government representatives around them, their friends and...

Moscow: An additional 25 US citizens have been indefinitely barred from entering the country in response to Washington's growing anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.The newly blacklisted are members of the US Congress, high-ranking officials, business people,...

Colombo: The leader of the New Lanka Freedom Party (NLFP) has warned former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has returned to the country after fleeing in July following massive protests, against taking to politics once again.Kumara Welgama said at the...

Colombo: Sri Lankan army divisions involved in crushing the Tamil Tigers in a war that also claimed the lives of thousands of civilians have been blacklisted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the media reported on Tuesday.The Island...

London: Liz Truss on Monday won the Conservative Party leadership race beating Indian-origin leader and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak in a close match."I am honoured to be elected Leader of the Conservative Party. Thank you for putting your trust...

Tehran: In an increasingly punitive crackdown, the Iranian government says it will use surveillance technology in public transport to crack down on those women not following the new hijab rule.The government here is planning to use facial recognition...

Stockholm: All four onboard were believed to be killed when a private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea, according to media reports from both Sweden and Latvia."There is no hope we will find survivors," Swedish Television quoted a...