An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed Tuesday in a remote area of the French Alps A commercial plane plummeted for eight minutes before crashing in the French Alps en... Read more »
Israel spied on talks the U.S. and its allies are having with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported. Espionage among friends is not exactly new. In fact,... Read more »
AUCKLAND (New Zealand) – New Zealand and South Africa have played out a World Cup semi-final thriller at Eden Park, with the Black Caps claiming a place in the final with a dramatic... Read more »
CANBERRA, (Australia) – Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said on Tuesday it was leaning toward blocking a tie up between Qantas Airways and China Eastern Airlines because it could increase fares on the... Read more »
First Launch of Netflix in Asia Pacific SYDNEY (Australia) – The world’s largest streaming film and television service went live in Australia and New Zealand for the first time on March 24.... Read more »
SINGAPORE – Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore and one of Asia’s most influential politicians, has died at age 91, according to the Singapore Prime Minister’s office. Lee Kuan... Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Pakistan on Monday held its first Pakistan Day parade in seven years, full of flag-waving pomp and aerial military expertise, a symbolic show of strength that the country has the... Read more »
It isn’t the motion of the ocean that matters so much as what you do with the waves. At one Australian naval base, those waves are being put to use providing steady... Read more »
By Alexandra Jaffe What does a world leader who’s been shunned by the international community and strained relations with every major global power do to show that he still has some friends?... Read more »
سید عتیق الحسن، سڈنی آسٹریلیاء ہم پاکستانی آئیں عہد کریں کہ؛ ہم پاکستان کے قیام کے مقصد کا تمام تعصبات اور گروہ بندیوں سے بالاتر ہوکر مطالعہ کریں گےاور ایک محب وطن... Read more »
By Abdulrahman al-Rashed The lasting success of Dubai is beyond question or doubt. This city is no longer an experience or a project but rather a self-sufficient, civil entity and anyone can... Read more »
By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad New World Order a big threat to sovereign states, speakers at an international conference say. The anti-war initiative, Perdana Global Peace Foundation, has a single goal of... Read more »
Suicide bombers have attacked two mosques in the Yemeni capital during the rush for Friday prayers, killing 137 people and injuring 345 others, sources told Al Jazeera. Three blasts were heard in... Read more »
By Martin Smith New Zealand opener breaks all kinds of records on his way to an amazing unbeaten 237 against West Indies in the World Cup quarter-final. New Zealand opener Martin Guptill... Read more »
New Zealand beats West Indies by 143 runs in second quarter final. Thus, it’s time to wave goodbye to the quarter-finals and to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and West Indies. Four titans remain:... Read more »
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who died today at 84, has been remembered as a “fierce Australian patriot”. Mr Fraser’s office confirmed that Australia’s leader from 1975 to 1983 had passed... Read more »
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has fallen to the lowest recorded level for the winter season, according to US scientists. The maximum this year was 14.5 million sq km, said the... Read more »
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The planet faces a 40 per cent shortfall in water supplies in 15 years due to urbanization, population growth and increasing demand for water for food production,... Read more »
Social media likes are ruining your life — and now there’s proof. About 58% of people surveyed said “posting the perfect picture has prevented them from enjoying life experiences.” Sound familiar? Trying... Read more »
Hundreds of Bangladesh cricket supporters on Thursday burnt an effigy of Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar and marched in the capital Dhaka after the country was knocked out of the World Cup.... Read more »
Australia withstood a pulsating spell of fast bowling from Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz to set up a meeting with India in the World Cup semi-finals. Australia’s hopes of chasing 214 looked in peril... Read more »
Global innovation has become a three-horse race. Three countries—the US, Japan and China—accounted for over 60% of patent applications in 2014, according to a report released by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) today. The... Read more »
Almost all of the 436 mosques in the Central African Republic have been destroyed by months of vicious fighting between Christians and Muslims, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday,... Read more »
US President Barack Obama has told Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington will “reassess” its ties with Tel Aviv after the Israeli prime minister’s recent provocative statements. Obama delivered the message in a phone call to... Read more »