Lahore, Pakistan – After raucous protests charging pre-poll manipulation, a mobile service suspension and bomb blasts that killed at least nine people, Pakistan’s 12th general election was declared closed. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said ballot counting started soon after the closure of the polls on Thursday evening. The results are expected to start trickling in during the night. Three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of the...

President Zelenskyy thanked General Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his service, says he should remain ‘on his team’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Oleksandr Syrsky, who has led Ukraine’s ground forces since 2019, as the new head of Ukraine’s armed forces, after he dismissed General Valerii Zaluzhnyi. In a post on X, Zelenskyy on Thursday thanked Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service, and said that the time had...