PYEONGCHANG — It wasn’t exactly the start Canada was looking for. No, the Olympics haven’t begun yet in an official capacity — that happens on Friday night, with the opening ceremony — but this country is officially 0-1 here. On Thursday morning, the mixed curling duo of Kaitlyn Lawes and …

ISLAMABAD: The deadline to submit nomination papers for a seat in the Senate from provincial assemblies ended today. Nine candidates, including three each of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), have submitted their nomination papers from Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) claimed. One Pakistan …

DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage. Prosecutors were seeking life imprisonment for Zia — a two-time former prime minister and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party …