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BANGKOKA: A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand. Much…

LAHORE: MRC Pakistan, in collaboration with POEPA Punjab, hosted a capacity-building workshop on ethical recruitment and migrant worker protection, says a press release. The initiative aimed to enhance the capacity of OEPs by equipping…

ISLAMABAD: Key decisions were taken at a meeting of the civil and military leadership chaired by the prime minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Friday to expose those behind the attack on a passenger train and other terror activities in…

HOUSTON: The House of Representatives of the State of Texas presented a resolution recognizing 23rd March as Pakistan Day.  The resolution also recognizes the social, religious, linguistic, and economic contributions of the…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump thanked American Muslims for their support in the presidential election while speaking at an Iftar dinner at the White House. President Trump hosted an Iftar dinner at the White House, which was…

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi here said that terrorist bases in Afghanistan were making Pakistan insecure. Speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a…

SYDNEY: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a national election for May 3, launching a five-week campaign that is set to be dominated by cost-of-living pressures. Albanese's Labor party won a majority at the last…

WASHINGTON: In the United States of America, the crackdown on pro-Palestinian foreign students at universities has been intensified. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the visa of Tufts University's Turkish student…

KARACHI: Civil society groups and networks have called on the federal and provincial governments to urgently address multiple human rights crises across the country. At a presser here, representatives of the groups and networks said that…

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Health has decided to lay off 10,000 permanent employees. According to US media, 10,000 employees of the health department have already resigned voluntarily. The number of permanent employees of the…