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The UCAS data this week shows that a total of 561,420 students applied for a UK university course this year, almost 2,500 more than at the equivalent point last year, marking the first increase in three years.

Announcing his nomination on Wednesday, Trump declared Malpass as a "special man", and as someone who was eminently qualified for the position.

Sharif has been behind the bars since December 24, 2018, after an accountability court convicted him in one of the three corruption cases filed under the direction of the Supreme Court.

The US President's remarks came as Democrats, who now control the House, planned a series of probes into the Trump administration and a special prosecutor investigates Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the...

The growing emerging market countries have challenged this unwritten arrangement of Americans leading World Bank, demanding a more open, merit-based selection process.

The papal admission followed a rare outcry last week from the Vatican's women's magazine over the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and religious sisters feeling forced to have abortions or raise children not recognised by their fathers.

A 90-second video clip of the incident, which went viral on Facebook on Sunday, showed a man in blue shorts and a white T-shirt swinging the infant between his legs and lifting her above his head to the beat of some music in the background.

More than 1,100 people had been rescued from their homes on Sunday night and evacuation efforts were continuing Monday in in Townsville and the surrounding area.

More than 1,100 people have called the emergency services for urgent help, according to state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Up to 20,000 homes are at risk of being inundated if the rains continue.

'Gen Musharraf is responsible for the blood of Kashimiris. Musharraf was the reason behind the suffering of Kashmiris as he did not let this issue resolved,' he said, terming the Kargil operation a 'misadventure'.

At its western end, the statement said, the above-ground barrier would join a fortified sea wall jutting into the Mediterranean, aimed at blocking Palestinian attacks by water.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa livestock department has decided to set up donkey farms as part of its donkey export plan with foreign partnership.

The accused and recruiters assisted foreign 'students' in fraudulently obtaining immigration documents from the varsity and facilitated the creation of false student records.

The Myanmar national - Ye Lin Myint targeted several clients after they missed appointments or cancelled insurance policies.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Baloch separatist groups and Islamist militants have attacked security forces in Pakistan in the past.

Led by community leader Gurinder Singh Khalsa, the Sikh community from the local Fishers city donated gift and grocery cards worth more than USD 6,000 to the more than 250 TSA employees at Indianapolis airport.