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While Jinnah passed away in September 1948, a year after the creation of Pakistan, Fatima passed away in 1967 in Karachi.

Domestic borders of New Zealand's largest city Auckland will reopen from Dec. 15 for fully vaccinated people and those with negative COVID19 test results, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday.

A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom last summer to ask the state's nearly 40 million residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15% this year. New data released Tuesday shows few people are doing that.

A federal judge retained jurisdiction Tuesday in a dispute over a Canadian oil pipeline that runs through a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's contention that the case belongs in state court.

A federal judge retained jurisdiction Tuesday in a dispute over a Canadian oil pipeline that runs through a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's contention that the case belongs in state court.

The body of a woman was recovered from one of the mudslides caused by extremely heavy rainfall in the Pacific coast Canadian province of British Columbia, authorities said Tuesday.

The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and remove him from a congressional committee for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, DN.Y., with a sword.

An organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville appeared to instruct supporters to mislead law enforcement ahead of the 2017 protest, according to communications presented in court Monday.

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Tuesday to a ceasefire at their border, the Armenian defence ministry said, after Russia urged them to step back from confrontation following the deadliest clash since a war last year.

A former Fort Worth police officer faces a murder trial early next year for fatally shooting a Black woman through a back window of her home in 2019 while responding to a call about an open front door.

Three students lost their lives and nine others were injured after a train crashed into a college van in the district of Sheikhupura in the province.

The two leaders have spoken by phone twice since Biden's inauguration but with Xi refusing to travel abroad because of the pandemic, an online video meeting was the only option.

A rallying cry for protests in Cuba in favor of greater civil rights fell flat on Monday as most Cuban dissidents stayed home in the face of government pressure, appearing to end a standoff on the same day the Caribbean island reopened its borders to tour...

Ten years after a federal agent shot and killed a man during an altercation in a Hawaii fastfood restaurant, Honolulu's prosecuting attorney announced Monday his office will not seek a third trial in the case.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned attempts to discredit Iraqs election and deplored the use of violence to settle electionrelated grievances.

An Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of a 19yearold intern who reported she was raped by another legislator has been stripped of a committee assignment.