Thousands of protesters from across Spain called for an end to austerity measures amid the country’s economic crisis. Tens of thousands of protesters from across Spain converged in Madrid, calling for an... Read more »
Beijing demands explanation over leaked documents apparently detailing NSA spying operation on Chinese telecom giant. Beijing has called for a clear explanation from Washington over a report that the US National Security Agency (NSA) infiltrated servers at... Read more »
CAIRO: A court in southern Egypt has convicted 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sentencing them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police. The court in Minya... Read more »
Press Release Dated 23rd March 2014 Dubai, UAE Members of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), the party of Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf, hosted an event to mark the occasion of Pakistan... Read more »
Beauty Natalia Poklonskaya won over many admirers with her job title but she also inspired dozens of Japanese anime artists too This is the new face – and body – of Russia... Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR: China has new satellite images of one or more floating objects that could be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Saturday. “The news... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The government and Taliban committees met at the Punjab House on Saturday to discuss holding direct talks with the Taliban shura. According to sources, the two sides have agreed on the... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned a high-level meeting over national security for Tuesday. According to sources, the meeting will be attended by Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif,... Read more »
Shubhranshu Choudhary, founder of CGnet Swara – a mobile news service – beats Edward Snowden in a public vote. Indian journalist and founder of CGnet Swara, a mobile news service, has won the... Read more »
Washington tells the Syrian government to immediately suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the United States. The United States has officially told the Syrian government to immediately suspend its diplomatic and consular missions... Read more »
Domestic worker for consul general of Bangladesh in New York says he was underpaid and worked in oppressive conditions. A former domestic worker for the consul general of Bangladesh has sued him... Read more »
UN Commissioner for Human Rights says atrocities committed include the decapitation of children and cannibalism. Hatred between Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic has reached a “terrifying level”, a senior United... Read more »
Female politicians storm out after parliament passes law that allows men to to marry as many women as they want. Kenya’s parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many... Read more »
Prime minister and opposition pledge to hold referendum on flag that some view as a relic from colonial past. New Zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change their national... Read more »
Thousands take to streets chanting “no to discrimination” in Sunni-ruled kingdom. Thousands of Bahrainis, mainly from the Shia majority, demonstrated near Manama on Friday against what they described as sectarian discrimination in... Read more »
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama met bosses from Facebook, Google and other Internet giants Friday to discuss plans to overhaul US spy agency surveillance practices which have infuriated the industry. Obama sat... Read more »
KARACHI: The Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is likely to join the Sindh government within the week after the PPP offered five ministries in the provincial cabinet including the local government ministry as... Read more »
KARACHI: The widespread search for the missing Malaysian jet MH370 continues, as confusion deepens over ‘missing 30 minutes’ at heart of the mystery engulfing the stricken jet. Meanwhile, The Independent has learnt... Read more »
West Bank: Three Palestinians were killed on Saturday in confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said. Officials and witnesses said at least one of those killed... Read more »
A woman who threw acid in the face of a friend while wearing a veil as a disguise has been jailed for 12 years. Naomi Oni, 22, suffered burns to her face... Read more »
DHAKA: India extended their domination over Pakistan in World Cup events with a seven-wicket demolition of the arch-rivals in the Super-10 round of the World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Friday. Leg-spinner Amit... Read more »
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law formalising Russia’s takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, despite fresh sanctions from the EU and the US. The speakers of Russia’s two houses of parliament, Valentina... Read more »
A New Zealand woman and a reporter and his family are among at least nine civilians – including children – killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul. Four... Read more »
BIJNOT: Punjab Chief Minister, Shabaz Sharif has announced a package of Rs2.37 billion for the development of Cholistan on Friday The chief minister denied that any parts of Cholistan facing drought and... Read more »