Bangladesh sentences six militants to death for bank robbery
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh sentenced six extremist militants to hang on Tuesday for a bank robbery on the outskirts Dhaka in April that left eight people dead, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The gang...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft back EU hate speech rules
BRUSSELS: Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube and Microsoft pledged on Tuesday to review requests for the removal of hateful content posted on their platforms within 24 hours as part of a code of...
View ArticleLionel Messi tax fraud trial begins in Barcelona
MADRID: Barcelona’s five-times football World Player of the Year Lionel Messi went on trial on Tuesday along with his father on accusations of defrauding the Spanish state of millions of euros. The...
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Lal Shahbaz Urs: A transcendental madness
SEHWAN: The 764th Urs of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was observed in Sehwan from May 26 to 28 with religious zeal and spiritual fervor. Known for its religious tolerance, Sindh welcomes thousands of devotees...
View ArticleRobot home-help and virtual reality at Taiwan’s Computex
TAIPEI: A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan’s president as Asia’s largest tech trade show kicked off Tuesday in Taipei. The Computex fair comes as Taiwan...
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Would like to play female version of Raees, says Mahira Khan
Mahira Khan’s star power has not gotten in the way of her being incredibly relatable, which is the root of her success. There are times she talks about Shah Rukh Khan as if she’s forgotten he is her...
View ArticlePakistani men arrested in Germany as 18 women report sex assaults
BERLIN: German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities said Tuesday. The mostly young women said...
View ArticleBellerin in Spain’s Euro 2016 squad
MADRID: Arsenal right back Hector Bellerin will be in Spain’s Euro 2016 squad, the country’s football federation said on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Bellerin and the other 18 players named to face South...
View ArticleHere’s what happens when Hamza Ali Abbasi tries to ‘lightly beat’ Mahira Khan
While many Pakistani women have taken to social media to show men the consequences of “lightly beating” them, superstar Mahira Khan has taken it to a whole new level. #TryBeatingMeLightly: Pakistani...
View ArticleIndian court set to rule on deadly Gujarat riots under then CM Modi
NEW DELHI: An Indian court is expected to deliver its verdict Thursday on 62 people accused of a massacre during religious riots which swept Gujarat state 14 years ago, a prosecutor said. They are...
View ArticlePakistani entrepreneurs arrested for allegedly stealing source code
Four members of a startup formerly incubated at Google-backed The Nest I/O have been arrested for infringing on intellectual property rights, according to local media reports in Pakistan. The...
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#RishtaGoals: Zayn Malik cooks butter chicken and naan for girlfriend Gigi Hadid
Zayn Malik is giving Pakistani men a run for their money! The R&B singer has proven that a man can have a career and still cook a killer desi meal for his better-half at the end of the day. After...
View ArticleFrench vessel detects signals likely from EgyptAir jet black box
CAIRO: A French naval search vessel has picked up signals believed to originate from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804 which crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Egyptian...
View ArticleChinese teen hides in hold for nine-hour Emirates flight
DUBAI: A Chinese teenager hid in the cargo hold of an Emirates airliner during a nine-hour flight to Dubai where he hoped to make a fortune, describing the journey as “comfortable”, reports said...
View ArticleSix killed as Taliban bombers raid Afghan courthouse
GHAZNI: Taliban suicide bombers wearing police uniforms raided a courthouse in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni city Wednesday, killing six people as the insurgents step up their annual spring offensive...
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World’s most secure phone goes on sale for $14,000
If you feel that you are under constant observation and there are people who would hack your phone just to listen to your phone calls and read your text messages, then we have a perfect android phone...
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Pictures of the day: June 1, 2016
A general view shows the northern gates (L) of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel near the town of Erstfeld, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS A worker puts aside handicrafts of bird nests as she sits among them...
View ArticleEgypt says signal likely from MS804 black boxes detected
CAIRO, EGYPT: A signal has been detected that is likely to be from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean last month, Egypt said Wednesday. The signal was picked...
View ArticleReformation of the criminal justice system
ISLAMABAD: Every day, heart-rending stories of crime, corruption, cold-blooded murders of innocent women, girls and transgenders, targeted killings and violence play out in news headlines across the...
View ArticleA Bachchan for all seasons
Sarbjit is out. The reviews are in. And the critics have been unsparing. Speaking during the run-up to its release, filmmaker Omung Kumar posited that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was a director’s actor....
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