Normal life including public services such as banking, transportation and business came to a halt in different parts of the county due to a nationwide strike called by 11 workers’ organisations.

ISLAMABAD:Six major generals of the Pakistan Army were promoted on Wednesday to the rank of lieutenant general, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar said.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the possibility of involving other countries in efforts to maintain a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Congress leaders condoled the demise of senior party leader Ahmed Patel, with Sonia Gandhi mourning the loss of an “irreplaceable comrade” and Rahul saying he “lived and breathed Congress”.

Farmers affiliated to 33 organisations are part of United Farmers Front, an all-India body of over 470 farmer unions that will participate in the indefinite protest in Delhi from November 26.

Several flights and trains were cancelled as cyclone 'Nivar' is likely to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry before dawn on Thursday according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Reddy said as Chief Minister, KCR only accomplished two things-constructing a luxurious Pragathi Bhavan and demolition of the Secretariat.

A Chinese government advisor has said the country must drop its illusion that the Sino-American relations will automatically improve under the President-elect Joe Biden and that Beiijing should prepare for a tough stance from Washington.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and Russia are at odds over Ankara's wish to set up an independent military observation post on Azeri territory, a Turkish source said, after the two agreed this month to monitor a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Donald Trump has directed his team to cooperate with an incoming President-elect Joe Biden administration after the General Services Administration ascertained the Democrat as the "apparent election winner".