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Islamabad:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced the postponement of the upcoming elections in Punjab, citing security reasons as the major cause behind their change in plan, media reports said.In light of the Supreme Court’s split ruling...

Ottawa:Canada's population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government said on Thursday.The country's population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada said.It also marked Canada's highest annual population growth rate...

Tokyo: The total number of people who newly tested positive for HIV and new AIDS patients in Japan in 2022 hit a 20-year low of 870, the health ministry said.Data released by the ministry showed that the combined figure...

Zurich:  The members of the Riksdag, Sweden's unicameral parliament, approved on Wednesday the accession of Sweden to NATO, the meeting is broadcast on the website of the parliament.The approval of the Riksdag is a prerequisite for the Kingdom's accession...

Islamabad: At least nine people were dead and 44 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a government official said, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan struck late on Tuesday.At least 19 houses were partially damaged by the...

Islamabad:A senior officer of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was killed in a clash with terrorists in the northwestern tribal district of South Waziristan, the Pakistan Army has said.The intense fire was exchanged between the two sides in the...

Kiev:Air raid warnings have been issued in a number of regions in central and western Ukraine, including in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, data from the online air raid warning map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation showed...

Naypyidaw:Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has arrived on his first working visit to Myanmar, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Wednesday.Krasnov is scheduled to meet with Myanmar Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Thida Oo and Prime Minister Min...

Buenos Aires: Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced his country's return to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), a regional economic organization, the presidential press service said in a statement."The president announced today the return of Argentina to UNASUR,"...

Kabul/Islamabad:An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on Richter scale has jolted parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, causing panic.The official number of casualties is not yet available at the time.The quake hit the Afghan capital Kabul and several more...