A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France’s Champagne country in 1979 is being reunited with its owner 38 years later after French police pulled it, in surprisingly good shape but crawling with crayfish, from a murky swamp...
Police said the compact four-door hatchback as much a feature of its time as flared trousers and disco was four years old and on its third owner when it was declared stolen in the Champagne town of Reims...
IN an interview with the news programme 60 Minutes, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said of Saudi Arabia before 1979, “We were living a very normal life like the rest of the Gulf countries...
We were normal people developing like any other country in the world until the events of 1979...
KARACHI: Judging by the long World Cup history, the West Indies are in desperate search of ending a 40-year itch against England after having clinically outplayed them by 92 runs in the final of the 1979 tournament...
Head-to-head summaryJune 23, 1979 — Lord’s, West Indies won by 92 runsOct 9, 1987 — Gujranwala, England won by two wicketsOct 26, 1987 — Jaipur, England won by 34 runsFeb 27, 1992 — Melbourne, England won by six...
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday that his country has outmaneuvered the United States in the four decades since the 1979 Islamic Revolution...
” On November 4, 1979, less than nine months after the toppling of Iran’s American-backed shah, students overran the embassy complex to demand the United States hand over the ousted ruler after he was admitted to a US hospital...
On November 4, 1979, less than nine months after the toppling of Iran's American-backed shah, students overran the embassy complex to demand the United States hand over the ousted ruler after he was admitted to a US hospital...
According to the Mehr news agency, "the documents found (inside the US embassy in 1979) proved revolutionary students' claim that Washington was using the building to plot" against the nascent Islamic...
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday reported its lowest turnout in a general election since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, after a poll in which half of the candidates were barred...
Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died on Saturday...
Those messages laid the groundwork for Khomeini's return after the shah, fatally ill, fled Iran in early 1979, though the cleric remained unsure he had the support, Banisadr once said...
LAHORE: Pakistan will play their first match of the International Festival of Hockey against hosts Australia at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Melbourne on Wednesday...
Australia, the reigning world champions who are No...
Pakistan were ripped apart by hosts Australia in their first match of the International Festival of Hockey at Melbourne's State Netball and Hockey Centre...
The 1-9 defeat is Pakistan's worst-ever in its hockey history...
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said he does not expect Australia to play in Pakistan “in the short term...
”Sutherland was responding to a call from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for more teams to tour Pakistan, following the current tour of a World XI which is playing three Twenty20 matches...
ISLAMABAD: Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Wednesday announced a $19 million aid package for Pakistan that includes help for border areas hit by conflict and natural disasters...
Bishop said she would also encourage Australian tourism to Pakistan, which has been battling an insurgency for over a decade...
LONDON: Defending champions Australia and India overpowered New Zealand and Pakistan respectively in the matches between the neighbours to register their third successive victories in the ICC Women’s World Cup on Sunday...
Australia spoiled Suzie Bates’s 100th ODI by reaching the 220-run target in the penultimate over for the loss of five wickets in Bristol, while India overcame a watchful and cautious batting display to successfully...
ISLAMABAD: In alliance with the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), the Australian government announced on Thursday an additional support of $1 million to Pakistan to improve nutrition, eliminate hunger and attain food security by fortifying food...
Speaking at the launching of the National Food Fortification Strategy, Australia’s acting higher commissioner Jurek Juszczyk said the Australian government had supported national and...
LAHORE: Pakistan hockey team’s recent tour Down Under has been termed as a good learning experience for the players by head coach Khawaja Junaid...
”Talking to Dawn on his arrival from the tour, where after initially clinching the five-match Test series 2-1 against New Zealand, the Greenshirts lost all the four Tests against Australia, Junaid said: “Much as we played against better teams in terms of FIH rankings, my boys played well...
LAHORE: The private sectors of Pakistan and Australia should develop sustainable partnerships and find ways to avail the trade and investment potential that exists in the private sectors of the two countries...
Mr Madew said “Australia has made a considerable development in dairy and livestock sectors and its experience in these areas can be useful for Pakistan, adding Australian universities are focusing on Research & Development...