JERUSALEM: Israeli and Turkish leaders on Monday lauded a deal reached at the weekend to restore ties after six years of acrimony over a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.Prime Minister......
ISLAMABAD: Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), commonly referred to as Brexit, may not have any immediate economic impact on Pakistan, said the Foreign Office on Monday.The FO added that it......
ADEN: A wave of suicide bombings targeting Yemeni troops killed at least 19 people Monday in the southeastern city of Mukalla, an official said.Three simultaneous bombings hit security checkpoints in......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stated that due to his diplomatic efforts, the world has seen that India is not reluctant to engage with Pakistan and the world is unanimously......
WASHINGTON: Jordanian intelligence officials stole millions of dollars of weapons that the CIA and Saudi Arabia had supplied for Syrian militants, then sold them on the black market, The New York......
MOSCOW: Turkey's president has apologised to Moscow for the downing of a Russian military jet at the Syrian border, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.Putin has received......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan believes that India is holding back progress on the Pak-India series saying he hopes the political atmosphere improves and cricket......
SOUTHAMPTON: Muhammad Amir can still become the best bowler in the world despite serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said Monday.Left-arm fast bowler Amir, 24, is......
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday barred televangelist and talk show host Aamir Liaquat from hosting his Ramazan show 'Inam Ghar' for three days on Geo Entertainment,......
QUETTA: At least 11 people have died and over two dozen injured in a bus crash in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Monday.The passenger bus fell into a gorge while it was enroute to Karachi from......
ISLAMABAD: It was Pakistan’s intensive diplomatic lobbying which prevented India from gaining entry into the Nuclear Supplier Group’s (NSG), Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz......
EAST RUTHERFORD: Lionel Messi's retirement from international football may have come as a shock to his many admirers but in hindsight there were plenty of clues that the Argentina superstar might......
LONDON: Top Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson sought Monday to build bridges with Europe and with defeated Britons who voted to remain in the European Union (EU) in last week's historic......
ROME: Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people and seek their forgiveness for the way they have been treated.Speaking to reporters at he......
BRUSSELS: Stalemate between Britain and the European Union over what happens next following Britons' referendum vote to leave has opened up a host of possible scenarios.Here are some that are (in......
HONG KONG: Britain no longer looks like a sunny safe haven for Asian corporations.Companies from Japan to India have historically been drawn to the United Kingdom (UK) for its stable market, its......
NEW DELHI: India has joined an exclusive club of countries controlling exports in missile technology, just a day after bemoaning its exclusion from another elite group that governs international......
OSMANABAD: Rajshree Gungoo, a chatty 27-year-old with a quick smile, speaks up at a gathering of about 40 women discussing the challenges facing single women in India's western Maharashtra......
Waking up to the news of Britain leaving the EU, of Prime Minister David Cameron resigning, of a second Scottish referendum in the works, felt a little like being in The Twilight Zone. Nobody thought......
WASHINGTON: Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday took a swipe at Republican rival Donald Trump's stance on Brexit, saying that “bombastic comments” do more harm than good during such times.Trump has......
SAN FRANCISCO: Ten people suffered stab wounds and other injuries on Sunday after members of a white nationalist group that planned to rally outside the California state Capitol building in......
LONDON: World number one Novak Djokovic and 17-time major winner Roger Federer get Wimbledon under way on Monday with history beckoning for the two Grand Slam A-listers.Top seed Djokovic is halfway......
BEIRUT: At least five people were killed in multiple suicide bombings early Monday in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, officials said.At least four suicide blasts hit the predominantly......
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the......
BRIDGETOWN: Mitchell Marsh emerged as the unlikely bowling hero for Australia as the World Cup-holders defeated the West Indies by 58 runs in the final of the Tri-Nation One-Day International......
EAST RUTHERFORD: Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football here Sunday after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa......
EAST RUTHERFORD: Holders Chile stunned Argentina to win the Copa America Centenario in a penalty shoot-out here Sunday as Lionel Messi's title curse struck again.Messi blazed a penalty over the bar......
PESHAWAR: The districts governments across the province are likely to get around Rs10 billion less than their share in the provincial Annual Development Programme (ADP) for 2016-17 in violation of......
PESHAWAR: About 250 mini and micro hydropower projects (MHPs) will become fully operational and functional to provide electricity to around 245,000 people in hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through......
KARACHI: As heavy rains have been forecast to begin this week with the early onset of monsoon this year, the meteorological department also predicts ‘urban flooding’ in Karachi and Hyderabad in the......
HYDERABAD: Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Maula Bux Chandio has said that he has serious reservations about federal government’s attitude to Sindh and has no hope of any good coming from......
HYDERABAD: Two hate speech cases against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supremo Altaf Hussain were registered late on Saturday evening following his telephonic address to party workers over phone......
KARACHI: Similar to what several patients narrated at the chest ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) are Ghulam’s personal experiences. A taxi driver in his early 50s, Ghulam has......
JERUSALEM: Israel and Turkey were expected to work towards finalising a deal on Sunday aimed at ending years of acrimony and restoring normalised ties that soured after a deadly 2010 raid on an aid......
DUBAI: Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab will face trial for tweets condemning the Gulf Arab kingdom’s prison system and its involvement in the war in Yemen, his lawyer said on Sunday, and......
Buenos Aires: The Argentinian capital has hosted a zoo for more than 140 years. But that’s coming to an end, Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announced this week, as he unveiled plans to......
LOS ANGELES: Firefighters have begun to contain a wildfire in central California, which has killed at least two people and destroyed 150 homes, state fire officials said on Sunday, as six other......
LONDON: Britain’s two main parties were in open conflict on Sunday after a vote to leave the EU triggered an attempted “coup” in the main opposition Labour Party and a bitter leadership contest in......
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a man suspected of killing the wife of an anti-terrorism police officer, just weeks after she was stabbed and shot in the south-eastern......
NEW DELHI: The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has threatened to hit the streets if the Modi government goes ahead with its plan to grant Indian citizenship to hundreds of Hindu refugees from......
PANAMA opened the long-delayed expansion of its shipping canal on Sunday with just a dozen of the 70 heads of state invited to see the debut of the third set of locks attending the ceremony.Analysts......
PERRIS: Every weekday, year-round, Esteban Yanez rises at the crack of dawn and heads to his job as a construction worker near the largely Hispanic desert town of Perris, south of Los Angeles.On......
FOR a lot of kids, their introduction to dark comedy is through the twisted stories of Roald Dahl. His books introduced filthy monsters and draconian authority figures in all their grotesque glory,......
FALLUJAH: Iraqi forces took the militant Islamic State group’s last positions in the city of Fallujah on Sunday, establishing full control over one of the jihadists’ most emblematic bastions after a......
KARACHI: Ace spinner Saeed Ajmal showed a glimpse of his magic as Dollar East defeated Kaaf Engineering by four wickets in a low-scoring match of the Atiq Estates present Dollar East first Hill Park......
KARACHI: K-Electric qualified for the semi-finals of Brighto Paints fifth Corporate T20 Cup after beating State Bank of Pakistan by five wickets in Group ‘B’ at DHA Sports Stadium of Moin Khan......
GLENDALE (Arizona): Carlos Bacca’s first-half goal was enough to give Colombia a 1-0 victory over the United States in the third-place playoff at the Copa America Centenario on Saturday.The winning......
BRISTOL: England were left 1-0 up with two to play after rain meant the third One-day International in their five-match series against Sri Lanka ended in a no result at Bristol on Sunday.Chasing a......
ASSEN: Jack Miller of Australia won his first MotoGP race on Sunday, triumphing in treacherous conditions of a restarted race in Assen after torrential rain forced the riders off the track after 14......
LONDON: One of the biggest shake-ups in cricket history could take place when the sport’s global governing body convenes in Edinburgh on Monday.Radical plans for the creation of two divisions in Test......
LYON: Antoine Griezmann scored two goals in quick succession early in the second half to give hosts France a 2-1 victory over a spirited 10-man Republic of Ireland and a spot in the Euro 2016......
LENS: Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal seized their chance to stay in the chase for an elusive first title together on Saturday.Ronaldo’s only shot created a rare scoring opportunity and a close-range......
PARIS: Wearing a red shirt and white shorts just like daddy, Alba Violet Bale danced around the Parc de Princes field in celebration with her father.The three-year-old girl hasn’t been seeing much of......
Tech startups are doing reasonably well and look set for growth despite a lack of adequate financing from banks and venture capital outfits.In 2015, about two dozen tech start-ups, old and new,......
Banks in Asia need to raise $400bn to $600bn in additional capital by 2020 to cover losses from non-performing loans while maintaining capital adequacy ratios, a leading consultancy firm......
THE gargantuan appetite of power plants for coal appears to have eased significantly in recent months, resulting in an abundance of the commodity in India. And looking at the large quantities of......
UBER is about to launch a bold experiment in New York. No, not another flashy app or gazillion-dollar round of fundraising. Instead, the ride-hailing service has told its 35,000 drivers in the city......
Balochistan's share in the country’s tax income has spiked by more than six times from Rs29bn to Rs182.6bn in the estimated provincial revenue receipts for the next fiscal year, following the......
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan last week released an ‘Investor Alert’ with reference to ‘research reports issued by regulated entities’ while making an investment decision.The......
Keeping with the usual trend, grocery bills swelled again this Ramazan pushing up the monthly household expense level. The spike in the size of the kitchen budget, across all classes and regions, esc......
WASHINGTON: Two recent diplomatic disasters — the US refusal to subsidise an F-16 deal and the Obama administration’s campaign to induct India into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) — have forced......
KARACHI: Acting President Mian Raza Rabbani, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and several senior officials visited the home of slain qawwal Amjad Farid Sabri in Liaquatabad on Sunday and......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the system under which the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, is being run will be replicated......
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministers of Pakistan and India are expected to meet on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) conference scheduled to be held in the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence is set to take up on Monday (today) a controversial ordinance making it binding on the federal government to provide unlimited funds......
ISLAMABAD: Widespread rain, dust storm and thundershower with isolated high falls, accompanied by strong gusty winds, are expected in Islamabad, upper and south Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh,......
NEW DELHI: India said on Sunday it would continue to talk to China to further its mission to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).A foreign ministry spokesperson claimed that New Delhi met the......
NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday reacted angrily to the killing of eight paramilitary personnel by gunmen in India-held Kashmir on Saturday. He blamed Pakistan for the attack......
ISLAMABAD: According to the ‘Ranking Web of World Hospitals’, only four government-run hospitals are among the top 20 in the country, while the best public sector hospital in Pakistan ranks 5,911 in......
RAWALPINDI: The bodies of the woman and child in the triple murder case have been identified after they were claimed by her brother.Three bodies were found by a nullah in Gorakhpur, Adiala, on......
RAWALPINDI: Throughout the month of Ramazan, demand for traditional fried food increases. The more popular items are vegetable, meat or chicken-filled kachori, onion, spinach and eggplant pakoras and......
ISLAMABAD: Processions were held across the country on Sunday to mourn the death of Hazrat Ali. In Islamabad, the procession began in G-6/4 and passed through various parts of the sector, before......
LAHORE: Wahab Shah Dance Company, an institute for learning various forms of dance here, has been invited by the Natya Ballet Centre to perform at the Natya Ballet Dance Festival in New Delhi, said......
KARACHI: In the wake of the kidnapping of a son of the Sindh High Court chief justice and the murder of qawwal Amjad Sabri, Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif reached Karachi on Sunday and......
ISLAMABAD: Maryam Nawaz Sharif has assured the ‘annoyed’ National Assembly members of the ruling party that their grievances will be addressed in a timely manner, as per their expectations.The prime......
LAHORE: At least 50 clerics affiliated with a little known Tanzeem Ittehad-i-Ummat have issued a fatwa (religious decree) that marriage with a transgender person is lawful.The fatwa, released on......
SOMETIMES you just have to lie back and think of England. But how can one think of England without thinking of Shakespeare? And when you think of Shakespeare, how can you ignore Macbeth, his most......
“Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.” — George Orwell, 1984.THE collective memory of our nation has transcended into something of a spectacular......
IN Pakistan, the most important aspect of well-being is also the most neglected. In its 70-year history, Pakistan’s successive governments — civil and military — have not made health a priority. It......
ISLAMABAD: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday said Pakistan cannot "conquer Kashmir through war" and progress on the issue can only me made in an environment of mutual trust with......
