The Pakistan government has banned the leaves of all government employees ahead of the general elections, which are to be held on February 8 next year, ARY News reported.
The voting process for the parliamentary and local elections started in Serbia on Sunday, which will put the country's ruling party to the test amid dissatisfaction over rising inflation, corruption, and gun violence, Al Jazeera reported.
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was sworn in on Saturday for a third term amid opposition boycott and concerns of the international community regarding the future of the island, Le Matinal, a Mauritius-based media platform reported.
Two Sindh government officials have been dismissed in Pakistan after being charged with forgery in the Sindh Public Service Commission (PSC) examination 2020, The Express Tribune reported.
As many as 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a "tragic shipwreck" off the coast of Libya, said the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM), CNN reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Gohar Ali Khan in intra-party election case on December 18, ARY News reported.
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, Khaama Press reported, citing the Office of the Deputy of the United Nations in Afghanistan.
Former federal minister of Pakistan, Humayun Akhtar Khan on Saturday joined the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) -- the new abode for departing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leaders -- and was appointed as the party's senior vice president, Dawn reported.