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 »
KARACHI: London police has asked for names of three people who will be allowed to meet with arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain. The names can be of people who... Read more »
Migrants from India are trying to return home as job opportunities dry up and government regulations get tougher. London, UK – As rain lashes the front of a Sikh temple on the outskirts... Read more »
US president meets with Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw in show of support amid Ukraine’s continuing crisis. US President Barack Obama has met Ukraine’s president-elect Petro Poroshenko in a show of US support... Read more »
Official says US defence secretary’s accusation of China destabilising Asia-Pacific region is intended to stir trouble. A senior Chinese military official has lashed out at the United States, saying its stance on... Read more »
President Bashar al-Assad set to win an overwhelming victory in poll called a charade by the opposition. Election officials have started counting votes in a Syrian presidential election expected to deliver an... Read more »
MQM confirms arrest of Hussain, but say MQM party leader is innocent, as police continue to search his London home. A Pakistani political leader has been arrested in London and taken into... Read more »
Top Sydney soccer player Lewis McLeod fights to clear his name over sexual assault claim by fellow Duke University student.FORMER Sydney Grammar vice-captain Lewis McLeod faces a one-year fight to clear his... Read more »
The co-founder of notorious piracy listings site The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Sweden after two years on the run. Peter Sunde, 35, had been sentenced to eight months in prison... Read more »
By Yasmeen Aftab Ali One of the first steps BJP is doing after Modi’s swearing in ceremony (if you ignore telling off given to PM Nawaz that India expected steps by the... Read more »
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will begin selling a smartphone that runs on its Tizen operating system in the third quarter of this year, advancing the company’s plans to reduce... Read more »
WASHINGTON: Angelina Jolie’s “Maleficent,” the modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty’s arch-nemesis, worked its magic on audiences over the weekend, debuting at the top of the North American box office,... Read more »
THE HAGUE: Olympic champions Germany kick-started their campaign to reclaim the hockey World Cup title with a 4-0 drubbing of South Africa at the Kyocera Stadium on Sunday. Germany, beaten by Australia... Read more »
Russian energy firm delays imposing pre-payment regime for deliveries until June 9 after country pays $786m of its debt. Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned natural gas producer, has pushed back its ultimatum to Ukraine on... Read more »
Officials sworn in after Hamas and Fatah conclude negotiations for consensus administration. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Fatah and Hamas have unveiled a government of national consensus that will pave the way for... Read more »
It is unclear if soldier will be punished if US military finds he deserted his post, as he starts recovery process. A US soldier freed after five years in Taliban captivity faces... Read more »