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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body has announced that it will hold the next parliamentary elections in the last week of January, delaying the vote which was to be held in November under the constitution. However, the announcement by the Election Commission of Pakistan has ended uncertainty about the

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian court has given two death sentences to a Tajik man convicted of carrying out a gun attack that killed two people at a major Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz. The judiciary website Mizan Online says the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Fars province gave Rahmatollah Norouzof two

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is no longer sending arms to Ukraine. The comment appeared to put Poland’s status as a major source of military equipment for Kyiv in doubt as a trade dispute between the neighboring states escalates. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki created some

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A coalition of 25 governors and the Biden administration are set to announce a pledge Thursday morning to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030. Heat pumps are important because they use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool buildings. Since they often replace oil

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The political careers of two of Norway’s most powerful women are under threat after it was revealed that their husbands were trading in shares behind their backs. Anniken Huitfeldt, the current center-left foreign minister, and the former conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg are having to explain

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s civil servants have walked off the job on a 24-hour strike that disrupted public transport and left ferries tied up in ports. Public sector workers’ unions called the Thursday strike to demand the withdrawal of a labor law the government says will increase flexibility in the job market. Unions say

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Twelve people are reported missing including three members of the security forces after a boat capsized and sank in a river in the Sagaing region of northwestern Myanmar. The state-run Myanma Alinn Daily reports that six civilians, three workers and the security force personnel are missing after

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a surprise outcome, South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament has voted to pass a motion submitted by the government that allows the potential arrest of the country’s leading opposition figure, Lee Jae-myung, who faces a widening investigation over corruption allegations. Lawmakers voted in favor of lifting

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns about the pace of price rises. In a development Thursday that few predicted just two days ago, the central bank kept its main interest rate

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Congo’s president wants the world’s second largest United Nations peacekeeping mission to move up its departure from the country, starting this December, saying it has failed. His address to the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders accused the 17,000-strong peacekeeping mission of being unable to

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised its key interest rate, saying the “inflationary pressures in the Swedish economy are still too high.” However, there were signs that the inflation had begun to fall. The Riksbank raised its policy rate Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point to 4% and says it could

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will host a meeting of nations participating in the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act despite earlier calls to exclude the country from the forum due to its ties to Russia and the docking of a sanctioned Russian vessel near Cape Town last year. AGOA

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country. That’s according to Azerbaijan’s top diplomat, who spoke Thursday at

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp. The companies said Thursday the move was approved by both boards. Succession worries had been a priority at Ghibli, as Miyazaki has turned 82, and producer Toshio

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The official said the communications involved Indian officials and Indian

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three South African navy personnel have died and a senior officer is in critical condition after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck and out to sea by big waves. The Department of Defence says it happened as an Air

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore police say they have uncovered more luxury watches, gold bars and other assets from a massive money laundering scheme that was busted last month, bringing the total amount of assets seized or frozen to $1.75 billion. The police said Wednesday they are continuing to investigate the scheme in which

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Emergency authorities in Romania say a gas explosion at a highway construction site has killed four people and injured five. The explosion early Thursday happened near the eastern town of Calimanesti. Authorities say it was caused by the cracking of a gas transport main and the appearance of mechanical sparks. Local

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare, even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by Washington. Kenyan President William Ruto spoke at a ceremony Wednesday establishing diplomatic ties with the Caribbean nation.

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — King Charles III has made an emotional stop in front of Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral on the second day of his state visit to France. He also met with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of the capital. Earlier, Charles made an address to French