African lions are ‘endangered,’ must be protected: US
MIAMI: African lions are at risk of extinction and will be protected under US law as an endangered species, authorities declared Monday, months after a high-profile killing stoked global...
View ArticleWenger lauds sick Ozil’s amazing recovery
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger heralded Mesut Ozil after the German playmaker rose from his sickbed to inspire his team to victory over Premier League title rivals Manchester City.Ozil teed up...
View ArticleFATA merger into K-P: PM’s panel to deliberate on reforms roadmap today
ISLAMABAD: Bearing no representation from the tribal areas, the prime minister’s special committee on finalising reforms for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) is due to discuss the modalities...
View ArticleHoroscope: December 22, 2015
Aries | March 20 – April 19In mid-November your ruler Mars moved to into your opposite sign of Libra, beginning a cycle that’s been all about balancing others’ ideas, objectives and needs with your...
View Article‘Jihad’, the tale of three radicals, draws crowds in Belgium
BRUSSELS: “We’ve been tricked, my brother,” says Reda in the final terrifying minutes of “Jihad”, a short play ripped from the headlines about the odyssey of three young Muslims from the streets of...
View ArticleLIVE: PSL players drafting day two begins
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) kicked off the second day of drafting for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Lahore’s National Cricket Academy on Tuesday.Today, all teams will look to pick a minimum...
View ArticleRoadside blast kills 3 in Mohmand
SHABQADAR: A tribal police official and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the Mohmand tribal region on Monday.A car carrying Naseer Khan, Naib Subedar of the Levies force, a marble...
View ArticleObama rides with Seinfeld on ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’
HONOLULU: President Barack Obama will make an appearance in Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” on December 30.In a promotional video for the web series’ seventh season, Seinfeld pulls...
View ArticleFighting over oil: Politicians flay decision to shift oil refinery to Kohat
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz K-P General Secretary Rehmat Salam Khattak has criticised the decision to shift the oil refinery project from Krapa in Karak to Khushal Garh in Kohat, located...
View ArticleGreek parliament approves civil union for same-sex couples
ATHENS: Greece’s parliament early on Wednesday approved a bill granting same-sex couples the right to a civil union, despite strong opposition from the influential Orthodox church.The law was supported...
View ArticleWorking in Tordher: UC nazims, councillors demand office space
SWABI: Local government representatives from Tordher union council held a protest on Tuesday over the district administration as it failed to provide them with any office space.They also accused the...
View ArticleAnger over inaction: Teachers group demands upgradation
PESHAWAR: The All Primary Teachers Association (APTA) has urged K-P Elementary and Secondary Education department to constitute district promotion committees (DPC) to promote teachers and fill the...
View ArticleWounds that action, not time, can heal
PESHAWAR: It has been a little over a year since the Army Public School (APS) massacre and much has been written about it, while even more has been said on different platforms.The year, in retrospect,...
View ArticleAmnesty: Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime
MOSCOW: Russia’s bombing of Syria may amount to a war crime because of the number of civilians its strikes have killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said was evidence...
View ArticleJustice calls: PHC issues order to reinstate 22 teachers
PESHAWAR: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court has issued the restoration order of 22 teachers of Islamia Collegiate School on Tuesday.The bench headed by PHC Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel...
View ArticleGas load-shedding enrages business community
PESHAWAR: Businessmen in the city warned the federal government on Tuesday of protests if gas load-shedding did not stop in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.“We have forcibly been subjected to heavy gas...
View ArticleWindies coach Simmons frustrated by missing stars
MELBOURNE: Coach Phil Simmons called on West Indies administrators on Wednesday to break the impasse that has star players unavailable for the Test series in Australia.Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Darren...
View ArticleParents refused to get 12,567 children inoculated in K-P
PESHAWAR: Parents of 12,567 children refused to get their children inoculated against poliovirus in the recent drive in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.Of the cases, 6,243 refusals were reported from Peshawar...
View ArticleAussie Smith pinching himself after player award
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australia captain and batting supremo Steve Smith Thursday admitted it has been “a hell of a ride” from his Test debut as a leg-spinner to be named ICC cricketer of the year.The...
View ArticleHyatt Hotels attacked with payment-card stealing malware
Hyatt Hotels Corp said on Wednesday that its payment processing system was infected with credit-card-stealing malware in an attack discovered three weeks ago, the latest in a series of breaches at...
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