Horoscope: April 16, 2016
Your Stars Today Aries | March 20 – April 19 For ages you’ve known you’d have to tackle complex issues involving money, business and certain manipulative individuals. While, thus far, you’ve avoided...
View ArticleAngry and frustrated upstate New York swings behind Trump
BINGHAMTON, UNITED STATES: What do a New York lawyer, a business owner who calls himself a left-leaning Republican and a construction worker who elected Barack Obama have in common? They’re voting for...
View ArticleBernie gets mobbed by media in Rome, but no pope meeting
ROME: He came (to Rome), he saw (the inside of the Vatican but not Pope Francis) and he conquered (the few dozen students and expats who turned out to see him). In the process, Bernie Sanders got very...
View ArticleSecond deadly quake hits southern Japan, rescuers race against time
TOKYO: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a...
View ArticleG20 embraces crackdown on tax havens, warns over ‘Brexit’
WASHINGTON: The world’s leading economies took a step toward denying tax evaders and money launderers around the world the ability to hide behind anonymous shell companies. Top European countries call...
View ArticlePakistan briefs diplomats of Arab, ASEAN states on Indian spy’s arrest
In a bid to continue its work against Indian spy agency RAW’S involvement in Pakistan, the Foreign Office briefed on Friday the envoys of Arab countries and ASEAN member states on the arrest of...
View ArticleUniversity of Swat bars students from mingling with opposite gender
SWAT: A notice issued by the Chief Proctor of University of Swat on Friday barred the university’s male and female students from socialising with each other. According to the notice, students sitting...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap four Indonesian sailors off Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian sailors and shot and wounded one crew member on the high seas off the east coast of Malaysia’s Sabah state, waters where Abu Sayyaf militants are...
View ArticleThe vault: Fatima Ahmed
Fatima Ahmed, the woman behind Prerto Jewellery in Pakistan as well as an avid jewellery fan, shares the special treasures she keeps locked inside her vault How and when did you get interested in...
View ArticleKuwait oil workers begin open-ended strike
KUWAIT CITY: Thousands of oil workers in Kuwait began an open-ended strike on Sunday to protest against a government proposal to cut their wages, the head of their union said. The strike, which could...
View ArticleBooked Umair Naeem
Writer Umair Naeem just launched his second book, The Runaway, and he talks to us about his journey as a writer, the novels that influenced him, and the key elements in his work, which makes it so...
View ArticleStyle anatomy: Ania Fawad
Ania Fawad, stylist and blogger, talks about changing styles and her love for experimenting with clothes Understanding your body is the key to looking good and a trait found amongst all impeccably...
View ArticleToss up: Frieha Altaf
PR Guru, choreographer and A-lister Frieha Altaf takes up our challenge and answers our wildest questions 1. Which is the hardest thing you have ever had to do? The hardest thing I’ve ever done is to...
View ArticleIran unveils S-300 missile system parts at army parade
TEHRAN: Iran used its annual Army Day parade Sunday to showcase parts of a long-awaited air defence system ordered from Russia, a move likely to irk critics of the arms deal. The S-300 system has been...
View ArticleRosberg completes hat-trick at Chinese Grand Prix
SHANGHAI: Nico Rosberg continued his rampant start to the Formula One season when he completed a hat-trick of wins at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, triumphant at the opening two...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 4 Yemen troops near Aden airport
ADEN: Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in a Sunday suicide attack on a checkpoint near the international airport in second city Aden, home to a growing jihadist presence, a security official said. “A...
View ArticleDoha oil freeze talks face last-minute trouble
DOHA: A meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers on an agreement to freeze output ran into last-minute trouble in Qatar on Sunday due to a new request by OPEC’s de facto leader Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleRaza Rabbani refuses to head Panama leaks inquiry committee
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Sunday refused to head a Panama leaks inquiry committee, a day after Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah suggested his name...
View ArticleIndia says Koh-e-Noor diamond belongs to Britain
NEW DELHI: A priceless diamond that is part of Queen Elizabeth’s crown was given to Britain and not stolen, India’s government on Monday told the Supreme Court, which is hearing a suit seeking its...
View ArticleBelgian PM backs minister’s comment that some Muslims cheered attacks
BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel backed his outspoken interior minister over comments that a significant number of Muslims had cheered the Brussels bombings, and said supporters of...
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