ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Less than four months after Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from power in Pakistan, his party has won a sweeping victory in elections in the most populous province, proving that Mr. Khan remains a powerful force and adding to the political uncertainty that has embroiled the country since his defeat.Mr. Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on Sunday won 15 of the 20 seats contested in Punjab, a province that has often served as a bellwether for national politics.The province is home to more than half of Pakistan’s 200 million people and for years has been a…

Imprisoned basketball player Brittney Griner’s guilty plea to drug charges may play a role in speeding up her exit from Russia, but it’s a risky gamble that may have significant downsides, a hostage expert told Fox News Digital. “I can’t say that’s the right or the wrong thing to do because, in any event, the Russian system … it’s not our system,” said Hugh Dugan, the acting special envoy for hostage affairs during the Trump administration. “But that’s the gamble based on the direction that her attorneys counsel her.”To our eyes, it looks like, OK, this gets her into that status…

Alyce McFadden June 28, 2022 Jason Bollinger, a former State Department employee, and Madison Horn, a cybersecurity executive, will advance to a runoff in Oklahoma’s Democratic Senate primary, according to The Associated Press. The winner of the runoff will challenge Senator James Lankford in November. Source: NY Times

Iran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has not decided whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Qatar’s al Jazeera TV on Sunday.Kamal Kharrazi spoke a day after U.S. President Joe Biden ended his four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, vowing to stop Iran from “acquiring a nuclear weapon.” Kharrazi’s comments were a rare suggestion that Iran might have an interest in nuclear weapons, which it has long denied seeking.”In a few days we were able to enrich uranium up to 60% and we can easily produce 90% enriched…

“This bridge has been closed for years,” he said. “I just want to see it reopened properly for traffic, so I don’t have to always walk across.”Mr. Swaby, who is originally from Jamaica, said the heat advisory hadn’t changed his plans for the day, and he wouldn’t be altering his routine on Tuesday, which is expected to be several degrees warmer. The heat didn’t bother him, he said, but the lack of respite from it in London could be a cause for concern. In Jamaica, he would take a dip in the sea or a river.“But here, there is nowhere…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired two senior members of his administration, including the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, he said during a nightly address.Zelenskyy said on Sunday that corruption was pouring through the ranks of his government and that the State Bureau of Investigation was undergoing a “full-scale investigation” into officials and law enforcement officers suspected of treason or other nefarious activities.”As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding treason and collaboration activities of employees of prosecutor’s offices, pretrial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies,” the Ukrainian president said. “In 198 criminal proceedings, relevant persons…

Alyce McFadden June 28, 2022 Jason Bollinger, a former State Department employee, and Madison Horn, a cybersecurity executive, will advance to a runoff in Oklahoma’s Democratic Senate primary, according to The Associated Press. The winner of the runoff will challenge Senator James Lankford in November. Source: NY Times

close Video A shooting at a nightclub in Marbella, Spain, early Monday morning has left at least one person dead and five injured, including the gunman, according to police.Four victims have suffered gunshot wounds, with one of them in serious condition. They were all transported to a local hospital for treatment.The shooter endured stab wounds to the head and chest and has also been taken to a hospital in serious condition. The gunman has been arrested.The incident transpired shortly after 1 a.m. when a fight broke out at Opium Beach Club. Firearms and knives were brandished, and the gunman opened…

LONDON — By Monday afternoon, temperatures had reached 34 degrees Celsius (94 Fahrenheit) in north London, but residents were anxiously looking ahead to Tuesday, when it was forecast to be even hotter.Mona Suleiman, 45, and her friend Zaina Al Amin, 40, were waiting for a bus as the afternoon grew warmer.“I am not worried about myself in this heat,” said Ms. Suleiman, who is originally from Eritrea. “But I am worried about my children.”Her apartment gets too hot, she said, and despite being advised to keep her children, ages 6 and 10, home from school, she decided to send them…

Iran has imposed sanctions on 61 more Americans, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for backing an Iranian dissident group, Tehran said on Saturday as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal remained at an impasse.Others blacklisted by Iran’s Foreign Ministry for voicing support for the exiled dissident group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) included Republican former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House national security adviser John Bolton, Iranian state media reported.The sanctions, issued against dozens of Americans in the past on various grounds, let Iranian authorities seize any assets they hold in Iran. The…