Israeli troops in Hebron crackdown after shootings
HEBRON, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Israeli forces blocked on Saturday exits from the southern West Bank city of Hebron as they launched a manhunt for assailants after shooting incidents targeting Jewish...
View ArticleRussia faces evacuating 80,000 nationals from Egypt
MOSCOW: Around 80,000 Russians are stranded in Egypt after the Kremlin grounded all flights to the country following the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady...
View ArticleWoman approaches SC against military court’s death sentence for cleric son
ISLAMABAD: A woman on Saturday approached the Supreme Court against the death sentence awarded to her cleric son by a military court for terrorism.Anwar Bibi approached the apex court through her...
View ArticleControversial Russian media mogul found dead in Washington
WASHINGTON: Controversial Russian media mogul Mikhail Lesin, who helped found the RT English-language television network, has been found dead at a Washington hotel. He was 57.RT, formerly known as...
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Death toll from Romania fire reaches 38, former mayor arrested
BUCHAREST: Six people died on Saturday from injuries sustained in a fire at a nightclub in Romania eight days ago, bringing the number of dead to 38 in a case which has sparked protests and led to the...
View ArticleWHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN: The UN health agency said on Saturday Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone had beaten an 18-month outbreak that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into severe recession.“Today,...
View ArticleFresh airstrikes kill 15 militants in Tirah valley
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Air Force jets on Saturday bombarded militant hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan killing at least 15 suspected insurgents, security officials...
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Protestor killed in Indian-held Kashmir after Modi visit
SRINAGAR: A protester was killed during clashes with government forces Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the disputed region, police said.“The boy...
View ArticleSaint Petersburg bells toll 224 times for Egypt crash victims
SAINT PETERSBURG: Saint Petersburg on Sunday remembered the victims of the Sinai plane crash, with the bell of the iconic St. Isaac’s Cathedral tolling 224 times in memory of each person killed.At an...
View Article‘Life on planet at stake’, France warns as climate ministers meet
PARIS: France’s top diplomat, who will preside over a year-end Paris summit tasked with inking a global pact to rein in global warming, warned Sunday of a looming planetary “catastrophe”.With the key...
View ArticleWill retaliate strongly against Indian aggression: Raza Rabbani
Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said on Sunday the country will retaliate strongly against Indian aggression towards Pakistan, Express News reported.“India should not hold any misunderstanding as it will...
View ArticleFierce clashes between rival Afghan Taliban factions: officials
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Fierce clashes have erupted between two rival Taliban groups in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, reportedly leaving dozens dead in the first internecine fighting...
View ArticleKite string slits throat of 13-year-old boy in Karachi
A boy died after his throat was slit by a kite’s string near Karachi’s Liaqatabad area on Sunday. 13-year-old Moiz was going on his bike when a kite suddenly got hold of his neck, said family members,...
View ArticleAfghan president revokes land deal with convicted banker
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has halted a controversial real estate deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars with a banker currently in jail for his role in the country’s biggest ever...
View ArticlePope deplores Vatican leaks, vows to continue reforms
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis pledged on Sunday to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying “deplorable” leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.The pope was speaking for the...
View ArticleDjokovic wins Paris Masters
PARIS: Novak Djokovic won his sixth Masters title of the year on Sunday when he defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 in Paris.The top seed won the series closing title for an unprecedented third straight year...
View ArticleCTD arrests suspects ‘planning to avenge Malik Ishaq’s killing’
KARACHI: The Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have arrested on Sunday three suspects allegedly assigned to avenge the killing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) leader Malik Ishaq.CTD said the...
View ArticleIndian businessmen to demand Koh-i-Noor from UK
A group of Indian businessmen and actors is preparing to initiate legal proceedings to demand the return of Koh-i-Noor diamond from Queen Elizabeth II to India.The diamond is a 105-carat stone and is...
View ArticleBudget deficits and surpluses
PESHAWAR: According to the Cambridge dictionary, the word ‘austerity’ means “the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort”. Austerity policies are those that aim at reducing...
View ArticleLooking inwards
JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA: Increased religious intolerance in India is a top news item on Pakistani television channels and in print media. Every other day, we see prominent Indian intellectuals, scholars,...
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