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London: Lawmakers in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, backed outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government in a confidence vote.Johnson's government called for the confidence vote itself to see off a rival move by...

Islamabad: Despite the heavy loss in the Punjab provincial election and the renewed demand by the opposition Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) fresh demand for early general elections, the two main components of the ruling coalition — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again renewed his threat to “freeze” the bid of Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO unless the military alliance complies with Ankara’s conditions, Khaleej Times reported.Erdogan had earlier called on the...

Islamabad: A day after PTI’s resounding victory in the by-elections held in 20 constituencies of Punjab, the party has nominated Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as their candidate for the office of chief minister of Punjab, Dawn reported on Tuesday.In...

New Delhi: The 16th round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China have concluded without any immediate progress on disengagement of troops in Eastern Ladakh, sources said on Monday.A Joint Statement issued by the two countries today said,...

Eugene (USA): Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprint star, secured a record-extending fifth world 100m title, leading a Jamaican sweep of the medals in a championship record of 10.67 (0.8m/s).Shericka Jackson bagged silver with personal best timing of 10.73 while five-time...

New Delhi: India has recorded 16,935 Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 1,44,264, the Health Ministry data on Monday.The total number of cases in the country stands at 4,37, 67,534.At least 51 deaths were also...

Madrid: Wildfires have so far burnt more than 22,000 hectares of woodland and scrub in Spain since the start of the heatwave over a week ago, emergency services calculated.Temperatures above 44 degrees centigrade in southern and southwestern Spain and...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed two top officials, including the top security chief, questioning their leadership qualities and also accused many of their subordinates of treason and working with Russia.In a nightly video address on Sunday, Zelenskyy...

Colombo: India has surpassed China to become the top lender to Sri Lanka after coming to Colombo's rescue in a big way following the island nation's worst economic crisis, a newspaper reported on Monday.Based on data available on the...