By NSW Premier, Mike Baird As the former state Treasurer I know what it is like to inherit a fiscal mess from Labor. Three years ago we started on a fiscal repair... Read more »
KARACHI: A court in Karachi on Thursday granted bail to a US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent arrested for trying to board a domestic civilian flight with bullets and a knife... Read more »
World Kabaddi League boasts prize-money worth $165,800 and will take place across four continents from June. Organisers of a new kabaddi league have taken a hands-on approach at dragging the quaint, indigenous... Read more »
Constitutional Court’s ruling against Yingluck Shinawatra sets stage for fresh round of political bickering and unrest. Thailand’s political scene looks set for a new round of unrest after the country’s Constitutional Court... Read more »
Officers hold protest rally outside Rio de Janeiro concert hall, demanding better pay and working conditions. Brazil’s federal police have threatened to stage a nationwide strike during the month-long World Cup if... Read more »
The Oklahoma City Thunder forward wins the award for the first time after averaging 32 points per game this season. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is named as the National Basketball... Read more »
FORMER Queensland minister Ros Bates says she will make sure she doesn’t unintentionally mislead parliament again. In October, Ms Bates read a letter to parliament on behalf of her son Ben Gommers,... Read more »
BANGKOK: Thailand´s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, ruling that she abused her power, deepening the kingdom´s political uncertainty. “The judges unanimously rule that Yingluck abused her... Read more »
Syrian warplanes raided Wednesday the outskirts of the eastern Lebanon border village of Arsal where rebels are believed to be hiding, security sources said. The sources told The Daily Star Syrian jets fired a number... Read more »
Local reports say two attackers escaped after Guangzhou police opened fire, arresting one assailant and killing another. Six people have been wounded in a knife attack at a train station in Guangzhou in southern China,... Read more »
Sydney (Tribune International); The Premier New South Wales, Hon Mike Baird has sent the following message to the Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) 2014’ ‘The Chand Raat Eid Festival has become a... Read more »
LOS ANGELES: US pop icon Prince fueled his long-running feud with music industry bosses Monday, slamming them for being “always at the beach,” while hard-working artists make fortunes for them. The 55-year-old,... Read more »
LAHORE: Former captain and fast bowler Waqar Younis has been named as the new head coach by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the board announced on Tuesday. The appointment of Younis, who... Read more »
In first trip since attending independence celebrations in 2011, UN chief to urge both sides to end five-month conflict. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in South Sudan to demand an... Read more »
Case against Yingluck Shinawatra relates to her replacement of country’s security chief with a relative in 2011. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has arrived at Thailand’s Constitutional Court to face charges of abuse of... Read more »
A Bahraini police post in a small Shiite village near the capital was attacked by assailants throwing Molotov cocktails overnight, an interior ministry official said Tuesday. State security forces “repulsed the terrorist attack... Read more »
HONG KONG: Twelve crew members from a Chinese cargo ship are missing after it collided with a container vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong waters on Monday, authorities said. “There are... Read more »
NEW DELHI: Once again Kashmir students came under attack by Hindu extremists at an educational institution in India. Three Kashmiri students were beaten up at a private university in the city of... Read more »
Tokyo – Asian shares were supported on Tuesday after Wall Street stocks extended gains into a fifth day, though investors continued to see tensions in Ukraine as a threat to risk appetite.... Read more »
LONDON: Former British number one Elena Baltacha has died of liver cancer at the age of 30, it was announced on Sunday. Born in Ukraine and brought up in Scotland, Baltacha revealed... Read more »
VOTERS have news for Tony Abbott: they’re against some of the tough measures flagged for his government’s first budget. But eight days out from the budget the prime minister believes “in the... Read more »
MOSCOW: Tatyana Samoilova, the Soviet-era movie star best known for her roles in “The Cranes are Flying” and “Anna Karenina”, died on Monday aged 80. Samoilova died early Monday in a Moscow... Read more »
A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is in Tehran to discuss with Iranian officials a safeguards approach for the country’s Arak heavy water plant in line with an agreement reached between... Read more »
با قلم ریحان شکیل سنا ہے جنگل کا بھی کوئی قانون کوئی دستور ہوتا ہے مگر شہرے کراچی میں تو معلوم ہوتا ہے کے گویا کسی ہٹلر یا فرعون کی حکومت ہے.... Read more »