World

Antarctica, a vast territory belonging to no one nation, is a continent of extremes: the coldest place on Earth, the windiest, the driest, the most desolate and the most inhospitable.

The protests, announced by demonstrators on social media, are planned from Friday, through the weekend and into next week.

Nawaz Sharif, 69, left for London on November 19 in an air ambulance for medical treatment after the Lahore High Court allowed him to travel abroad for four weeks.

Based on the annual exchange programme of Pakistan and Chinese armed forces, the two countries will conduct joint maritime exercises in Pakistan in 2020.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa,directed the government to bring necessary legislation within six months' time, Geo TV reported.

Iran's arch-foe the United States said on Tuesday it had received thousands of messages from the Islamic republic about protests, including photos and videos, after issuing an appeal for them to defy internet restrictions.

Scots seem to be losing faith in their centuries-old union with England, with one recent survey showing that less than one-half of those polled said they thought the UK would survive in its current form for the next five years.

PM Modi said as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people is commemorated, 'we hope for an early resumption of the dialogue between Palestine and Israel for moving towards a comprehensive and negotiated resolution.'

The Bundeswehr said it was seeking to do a photo-essay on the influence of military uniforms on fashion through the ages but failed to provide the correct historical context in its captions.

The special court on November 19 concluded the trial proceedings in the case against 76-year-old Musharraf for declaring a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

The move comes after Trump called for a 'war' on the cartels in early November when nine women and children from a Mormon community in northern Mexico were killed in a hail of gunfire. The victims were dual US-Mexican citizens.

Soot from brick kilns, which use coal and wood to make bricks from clay, is a major air pollutant and the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide.

Local elections in Hong Kong revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence, as candidates seeking to loosen control by China seized an overwhelming majority of the 452 elected seats.

The promotions and postings came ahead of the retirement of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, this week.

As the daughter of Mike Huckabee, who served as governor from 1996 to 2007 and twice ran for president, Sarah Sanders is seen as political royalty in Arkansas, and Trump himself urged her to run for governor when she left the West Wing.

A 30-meter (100-foot) section of highway along a viaduct near the flooded Italian coastal city of Savona collapsed Sunday.