Former president, currently on trial for treason, escapes assassination bid en route to his property outside Islamabad. Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an... Read more »
AN earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked northern Chile yesterday, a day after a deadly 8.2 jolt in the same region, authorities said. Sirens rang as a tsunami warning was issued and thousands of... Read more »
ABOUT 500 dolphins have been caught in the Pilbara trawl fishery in the past 10 years, West Australian scientists say. Murdoch University PhD candidate Simon Allen and colleagues from the Cetacean Research... Read more »
Internet giant Google has paid a one-million-euro ($A1.5 million) fine in relation to privacy breaches in Italy, the country’s privacy watchdog says. The US-based company came under fire in 2010 over its... Read more »
KARACHI: The demands of mainstream political leaders continue to pour in, urging the federal government to allow ex-president Pervez Musharraf going abroad to see his ailing mother in Dubai, MQM chief Altaf... Read more »
Melbourne (New release by Human Appeal International Australia): For the past 7 years Human Appeal International has been hosting the Year 12 Muslim Achievement Awards. This event recognises the achievement of students... Read more »
WESTPAC has announced Australia’s biggest private scholarship program, investing $100 million in an education foundation to support 100 students a year, forever. The “enduring gift for Australia” was welcomed by Prime Minister... Read more »
Amazon has launched an internet-connected TV set-top box as it vies with Apple and Google to gain a share of the lucrative television market. Dubbed Amazon Fire TV, the device is a... Read more »
LAUSANNE: FIFA on Wednesday banned Spanish giants Barcelona from buying or selling players for the next two transfer windows for a “serious” breaches of rules for signing under-age players. FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee... Read more »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved the country’s first minimum wage, at 8.50 euros an hour (£7; $11.75), to start in 2015. At the moment, the country is one of seven in... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The government has rejected former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) The Interior Ministry has also formally notified Musharraf... Read more »
Six police officers killed after attacking security forces uniform detonates explosives in central Kabul. A suicide bomber wearing the Afghan security forces uniform has detonated himself at the gate of the Interior... Read more »
Two people were killed and others injured as three blasts strike outside university’s engineering faculty. Two people, including a police brigadier-general, have been killed and seven others were wounded after a series... Read more »
Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards hit trigger switch of suicide bomber whose device then exploded, A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of... Read more »
Inhuman torture on MQM workers in detention and their extra judicial killings are a cause of concern for people who belief in humanity The founder and leader of MQM Mr. Altaf Hussain... Read more »
سیدعتیق الحسن ْسب سے پہلے پاکستان ٗ یہ نعرہ پاکستانی عوام کو اسُ شخص نے دیا جس کا نام ہے پرویز مشرف، جس پر پاکستانی حکومت نے غداری کا الزام لگایا اور... Read more »
A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly claiming he had explosives in his luggage when checking in at a central Queensland airport. The incident occurred at the Gladstone Airport just... Read more »
IMAGINE if you made so much money every single minute of your day you could afford to take a yearly salary of $1. That’s Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s reality. He reaped... Read more »
I’m pleased to be able to give something back to the community I grew up in, says Murray. Andy Murray s luxury hotel opened Tuesday, a business the tennis star hopes will boost... Read more »
Bill was approved after committee addressed opposition’s reservations. ISLAMABAD – National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior approved the amended Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014 on Tuesday. Committee’s session took place in Parliament... Read more »
Senate report, obtained by newspaper, says “enhanced interrogations” contributed almost nothing in war against al-Qaeda. The CIA misled the US government about the scale of its abuse of prisoners and overstated intelligence... Read more »
Mahmoud Abbas signs request to join several UN agencies in move that could derail US bid to salvage peace talks. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has signed a request to join several... Read more »
Officials say one protester dead and four wounded after gunmen open fire at convoy of anti-government demonstrators. A Thai protester has been killed and four people wounded in a shooting at an... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Director General Lt. Gen Zaheerul Islam flew into the Prime Minister house after a meeting of the ruling... Read more »