North, South Korea exchange fire across disputed western sea border, Seoul says South Korean Marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border Monday after North Korean shells from a live fire... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Former President and Army Chief General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf was indicted in the treason trial which is being heard by the Special Court in Islamabad on Monday (today). A three member... Read more »
LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has suspended basic membership of its leader Saleem Shahzad for violation of discipline. His membership has been suspended for indefinite period. The MQM said in a... Read more »
Magnitude-5.1 quake strikes Los Angeles and surrounding counties, causing rockslide and at least five aftershocks. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake has shaken Los Angeles and surrounding counties, authorities have said. The US Geological Survey... Read more »
President Rajapaksa orders release of fishermen detained for poaching to thank India for abstaining from UN rights vote. Sri Lanka has decided to free Indian fishermen detained for poaching to thank India... Read more »
Thousands of protesters return to the streets of central Bangkok to revive campaign for Thai government to yield power. Thousands of anti-government protesters have returned to the streets of Bangkok, reviving their... Read more »
GAY couples across England and Wales have said “I do” as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect, the final stage in a long fight for equality. Following the first marriages... Read more »
A New York Times report has claimed that Al Qaeda militants and planners travelled from Pakistan to Syria where they are seeking to establish a base in order to carry out strikes against the... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday unveiled his government’s plan to launch a countrywide literacy movement to ensure enrolment of every child in the school, by introducing a package... Read more »
RIYADH: US President Barack Obama met a Saudi women’s rights activist on Saturday, the same day women have pledged to defy a driving ban, as he wrapped up a reassurance visit to... Read more »
KARACHI – The central leadership pf Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is considering to change Sindh chief minister. According to sources, the PPP is considering four names for the slot of Sindh Chief... Read more »
ROME: US President Barack Obama on Friday left Italy for Saudi Arabia — the last stop of his six-day tour of Europe and the Middle East. Obama´s plane, Air Force One, left... Read more »
QUESTIONS are being raised about the conclusions reached by an official investigation into a deadly 2010 skydiving plane crash at New Zealand’s Fox Glacier. Nine people, including two Australians, were killed when... Read more »
A STRING of grenade blasts have shaken a northern Thai city popular with tourists, leaving several people wounded in attacks police say could be linked to the kingdom’s deadly political crisis. The... Read more »
Ex-intelligence chief, 68, trained as a fighter pilot in UK in his youth and is currently second deputy prime minister. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, a former intelligence chief in the... Read more »
ROME: US President Barack Obama will aim Friday to reassure his Saudi hosts on the strength of their alliance, frayed by Washington´s diplomatic opening towards Iran and reluctance to use force in... Read more »
Doha court sentences Matthew and Grace Huang to three years in prison for murdering their adopted daughter. Doha, Qatar – An American couple accused of starving their adopted daughter to death has... Read more »
First ever direct meeting, after preparatory meetings last month with intermediaries, held in “conducive environment”. Face-to-face talks between the Pakistani government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] have begun in an attempt to... Read more »
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is the highest-ranking al-Qaeda figure to face trial on US soil since the 9/11 attacks. A US jury has reached a guilty verdict in a terrorism-related case against a... Read more »
KABUL: The Taliban launched a brazen assault in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office on the edge of Kabul while two other... Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared over two weeks ago en route to Beijing, crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said... Read more »
KUWAIT CITY: Saudi Arabia´s crown prince said Tuesday the international community has “betrayed” Syrian rebels by failing to arm them against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “The legitimate Syrian resistance has... Read more »
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned international leaders on Monday that the Ukraine crisis could have profound implications for the integrity of a global treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.... Read more »
Relatives demanding answers over missing plane march on Malaysian embassy in Beijing. Relatives of Chinese passengers on board Flight MH370 scuffled with security personnel as they descended on Malaysia’s embassy in a rare... Read more »