BARCELONA: WhatsApp, the world’s biggest mobile messaging service, is to add a voice call service for its 450 million customers, laying down a new challenge to telecom network operators just days after... Read more »
BARCELONA: Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.... Read more »
MADRID: Spanish football champions Barcelona said Monday it would make a voluntary tax payment of 13.5 million euros over the club’s signing of Brazilian star striker Neymar but denied tax fraud. Judge... Read more »
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill unknown number of pupils in dormitory in Yobe state, military says. Suspected Boko Haram fighters opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in... Read more »
Suicide bombing near council headquarters and attack by gunmen on police checkpoint kill seven, as violence continues. Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing near the Anbar provincial council headquarters, have killed seven... Read more »
KARACHI: The Pakistan Exploration Limited has found a new reserve of oil and gas in district Badin, Geo News reported. According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, with the new exploration... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf finally appeared before the special court on Tuesday but was not indicted. Musharraf in his stance before the court maintained that the jurisdiction of the... Read more »
The right to settle in Britain should be auctioned off to wealthy foreign investors, government advisers say. At present migrants can gain entry by investing £1m or more in the UK.... Read more »
HSBC has reported a 9% rise in profit for last year, boosted by cost cuts as it restructured the business. Reported pre-tax profit was $22.6bn (£13.6bn), compared with $20.6bn in 2012, the... Read more »
KIEV: Ukraine was set to unveil a new prime minister and cabinet on Tuesday as top Western envoys rushed to Kiev to try to find a lasting solution to the crisis rocking... Read more »
Nokia is targeting emerging markets with three low-cost smartphones that use Google’s Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone software from Microsoft, which is about to buy Nokia’s phone business. Nokia... Read more »
Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government. Mr Beblawi said the decision was taken “in light of the current situation the country is going through”.... Read more »
Written by : Mohammad Ali Salih Denise A. Spielberg’s latest book says Islam had large impact on religious freedoms in America Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Denise A. Spellberg is an American scholar of Islamic history.... Read more »
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has reiterated that she is ready to discuss a way out of the country’s political crisis with all parties, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. SARABURI: Thailand’s Prime... Read more »
The Dhaka Tribune reporter yesterday found workers demolishing the roof of the mosque with only the walls standing intact The committee operating the Maulana Mosque on KB Ghosh Street in Old Dhaka’s... Read more »
Tuesday 25 February 2014 Minister for Women Pru Goward today announced the formation of a Violent Domestic Crimes Taskforce to examine supports for reporters and witnesses, links between alcohol and domestic violence,... Read more »
Tuesday 25 February 2014 With entries now open for the IRONMAN 70.3 Western Sydney, Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres has encouraged people to register their spot at the... Read more »
A new report has revealed that Japan may be gearing up for war with the ever aggressive China. Apparently, already having the technology, they are capable of making at least 2,000 nuclear... Read more »
کراچی۔۔۔23فروری2014ء متحدہ قومی موومنٹ کے زیر اہتمام پا ک افواج ،رینجرز، ایف سی اورپولیس اور دیگر سیکورٹی ادادروں کے افسروں اورجوانوں اورعام شہریوں کے بہیمانہ قتل اور دہشت گردی کے واقعات کے... Read more »
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton travels to Ukraine as Western countries – including Britain – pledge support. Ukraine’s interim leaders will hold talks today on the country’s financial future as... Read more »
Provided by: DAVE RENEKE Attention all budding sky watchers, grab your telescopes. What you’re about to read might give you an uncontrollable urge to dash outside. The brightest planets in the solar... Read more »
Mexico’s apprehension of the world’s most-wanted drug boss yesterday struck a blow to a cartel that local and U.S. authorities say swelled into a multinational empire, fueling killings around the world. ... Read more »
The Australian television personality and presenter Charlotte Dawson has been found dead at her home in Sydney. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the 47-year-old, who had... Read more »
A former hair stylist for Nicki Minaj is suing the star for $30m (£18m), accusing her of selling wigs based on his designs without permission. Terrence Davidson began working for the rapper... Read more »