The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist.

The UK sanctioned a Pakistani national, Furqan Bangalzai, former commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, that is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine. Sanctions have also been placed on Myanmar's military.

Finland will replace its fleet of aging fighter jets with an order of 64 F-35A multi-role fighters from US contractor Lockheed Martin in a deal worth 8.4 billion euros ($9.5 billion), the government said on Friday.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Friday said that the prices of edible items were declining in third consecutive week that ended on December 9 as compared to same period last year.

Jens Stoltenberg urges Russia to de-escalate, respect Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and return to diplomacy

Former US president says without his help, Israel might be destroyed by now. Trump also said Netanyahu seemed to forget his unfailing support.

Amin said the average temperature was increasing at a doubled pace as compared to the world in Pakistan due to the geology of the region.

The Asian Development Bank has approved $ 385 million in financing to enhance the livability and community health of five major cities of the KPK province.

Since the Taliban took power, Turkish aid groups have sent extensive aid to the people of Afghanistan, with Turkish officials warning about the humanitarian situation in the country. Due to this, President Erdogan said Turkey will never turn it back on Afghanistan.

Trump, who has been accused of fomenting the attack on the US Congress, sought to exercise his privilege as a former president to keep the documents and phone records that might relate to the attack a secret. However, a US federal court rejected the demand.

Ten years ago the Uncharted 3 was released to the public. The game was an instant hit with the fans due to its plot which relies on Quranic accounts of the lost cities of Iram and Ubar. The lost city Iram is first mentioned in the surah AL-Fajr of the Holy Scripture.

LGBT advocates, MPs and religious leaders urge the UK public to complete the government consultation – which closes on Friday. The UK government is being urged to bring in a total ban on conversion therapies.