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ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan jailed addressed court officials on Thursday, saying the parliamentary elections held earlier this year were stolen from his party, which he claimed was the victim. There was no immediate comment from the government on Khan’s claim. Before his arrest, Khan had accused Pakistan’s Election Commission of […]

The UN agency is facilitating experts from China to share their knowledge and skills with farmers in the West African country through a collaborative process known as South-South cooperation.* Cabo Verde consists of ten islands in the central Atlantic Ocean, nine of which are inhabited. Although the country’s name means “Green Cape” in Portuguese, it

Classic Fords and Corvettes were seized after the arrests. – Photo: Ontario Provincial Police a huge amount of classic cars was discovered by police in Ontario, Canada, after a months-long investigation into a spate of thefts north of the border. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has been reinstated Classics worth $3 millionincluding old Corvettes and

Fighting between the Sudanese army and rival forces, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting for more than a year, has recently intensified in the city of North Darfur. Civilians are being attacked from all sides and the news of reported casualties and human rights violations is devastating, said Clementine Nkweta-Salami, UN Resident

A major ammunition supplier to Ukraine described the struggle to obtain quality components. Czech defense CEO Michal Strnad told the FT that rising prices and poor quality were making the job difficult. Ukraine suffers from chronic ammunition shortages. Central Europe’s largest ammunition supplier said quality and cost issues meant that half of the shells it

“Humanitarian facilities in Rafah are being forced to close one after another…The flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, already insufficient to meet rising needs, has fallen by 67 percent since May 7,” the UN Aid Coordination Office reported, OCHAamid reports of kitchens, clinics and hospitals closing. Until Israeli forces seized and closed the Rafah crossing

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A nongovernmental organization in Georgia said Thursday it is preparing a lawsuit in the country’s constitutional court to challenge a law that critics say will suppress the news media and independent organizations. The law requires media and non-governmental organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka and Russia will begin talks Thursday to resolve the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in the war against Ukraine after at least 16 people were reported missing. Junior Foreign Minister Tharaka Balasuriya said the Sri Lankans, mostly retired soldiers, had been tricked into traveling to Russia

NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Months ahead South African elections20-year-old Amahle Ncane and her friends decided to turn peer pressure on its head and made their own special pact: unlike their parents’ lost dreams after the high expectations of the first democratic elections in 1994 they will keep theirs alive through the vote. On election

Similar to oil in the 21st century, rare earths have long been envisioned as game-changing materials for the global energy landscape. Mined for their magnetic properties, the 17 metals are used in everything from cell phones to electric vehicle engines and wind turbines, and are a mainstay of clean energy technologies. Despite their name, the