KARACHI: Rumours began circling on Saturday of Pakistan’s former speedster and Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar having decided to tie the knot. Television reports said earlier today that Akhtar had decided to marry... Read more »
QUETTA: A total of 122 ‘missing persons’ were traced and recovered in Balochistan during the last three years, an official of Home and Tribal Affairs Department said Saturday. Requesting anonymity as he... Read more »
Saudi Arabia’s agriculture minister said that he was completely endorsing the health ministry’s warning against close contacts with camels, despite pressure from camel owners. As part of a prevention campaign of the deadly... Read more »
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama who has invited him to Washington in September, and Mr Modi will possibly meet Prime Minister... Read more »
Doctors express satisfaction with South African leader’s condition, a statement on the presidency’s website says. South African President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for tests, the presidency said in a statement on... Read more »
Altaf Hussain, whose UK arrest on suspicion of money laundering sparked protests in Pakistan cities, released on bail. The exiled leader of Pakistan’s MQM party has been bailed by police in London... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Geo News is suing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for defamation over accusations of being anti-state, it said on Friday. Geo News, part of the privately-owned Jang Group, has also given the... Read more »
San Antonio take early lead in NBA Finals with a 110-95 win over the Miami Heat despite an AC failure at the venue. San Antonio beat the Miami Heat 110-95 in Game 1... Read more »
Government aide says armed men came from Russia in trucks and an infantry vehicle and tried to cross eastern boundary. Fifteen pro-Russian rebels have been killed in clashes with government troops at... Read more »
MAIDUGURI: Hundreds of people are feared dead in a suspected Boko Haram attack on four villages in northeast Nigeria, in the latest upsurge in violence claiming increasing numbers of civilian lives. Some... Read more »
Israel debates force-feeding Palestinian prisoners protesting their incarceration without charge or trial. Dura, Occupied West Bank – Just outside the Tabeish family home, people began to gather at sunset. Some carried flags, but most held posters... Read more »
Former US secretary of state says in new memoir that she was convinced arming moderate fighters was the best move. Hillary Clinton favoured arming Syria’s rebels early in that country’s civil war... Read more »
Tourist held on suspicion of an unspecified crime is the third US citizen currently held by the country. North Korea has said it has arrested an American tourist for an alleged unspecified crime,... Read more »
The start of the monsoon season has been marked by exceptionally heavy rain across the Indian Ocean nation. At least 22 people have died in Sri Lanka after torrential rain brought flooding... Read more »
A Ghanaian witch doctor has reportedly claimed responsibility for Cristiano Ronaldo’s knee injury that is threatening the striker’s participation at the World Cup with his national team, Portugal. Nana Kwaku Bonsam, who is... Read more »
Holiday, the first film on Indian army, set to release in Pakistan on June 6 Directed by A.R. Murugadoss, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha and is based on an... Read more »
Twitter Inc has been in talks with Berlin-based online music platform SoundCloud in its efforts to add a music service to its offering, the Financial Times reported citing people familiar with the... Read more »
Pakistan Taliban says it will take up arms to defend North Waziristan region against planned military intervention. Peshawar, Pakistan – A major Taliban faction in Pakistan’s tribal North Waziristan region has revoked a peace... Read more »
US ambassador to Israel opposed the move of constructing 1,500 new homes in the occupied territories. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Less than a week after a Palestinian government of national consensus was unveiled,... Read more »
Suspected Boko Haram fighters dressed as troops killed at least 200 people in three villages on Monday, witnesses say. Boko Haram fighters dressed as soldiers have killed at least 200 civilians in... Read more »
PREMIER Mike Baird will put to MPs next week a 49 per cent sale of the state’s $30 billion electricity poles and wires on a 99-year-lease to pay for infrastructure to turbocharge... Read more »
FIFA’s Michel Platini rejects newspaper allegations and insists his meeting with Mohamed Bin Hammam was innocent. FIFA vice president Michel Platini has criticised a British newspaper for linking him to corruption claims about... Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO: The volume of email cloaked in encryption technology is rapidly rising as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major Internet companies try to shield their users’ online communications from government spies... Read more »
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by an Indian tycoon accused of a multibillion dollar fraud to be released from jail and allowed house arrest. Subrata Roy, head... Read more »