US to deploy heavy weapons to Poland in 2016
WARSAW: Poland’s defence minister said on Thursday the US would deploy heavy weapons to the EU member next year, as regional tensions run high over Russia and the conflict in Ukraine. The US had said...
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Yasir Shah voted ‘Best Spinner’ in Tests: poll
Recently ESPNcricinfo held a poll regarding the current ‘Best Spinner’ in Tests. One of the contenders was Pakistan’s very own leg-spinner, Yasir Shah. Yasir was in competition with India’s off-spinner...
View ArticleIn Afghanistan’s Helmand, the Taliban are talking war, not peace
LASHKAR GAH: Soldiers from the US-led NATO coalition have joined combat to stop a Taliban advance in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where battlefield success has given the insurgents’ their biggest...
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Not lovin’ it: Can’t have it your way, McDonald’s tells Burger King
Fast food giant McDonald’s has turned down its arch rival Burger King’s proposal to create a hybrid “McWhopper” burger to celebrate International Peace Day, saying the “two brands could do something...
View ArticleFour ‘RAW-affiliated’ terrorists arrested from Karachi: CTD
KARACHI: The Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Thursday to have arrested four terrorists allegedly affiliated with Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in Karachi. The...
View ArticlePoland warns rumoured Nazi ‘gold train’ may be booby-trapped
WARSAW: Poland’s government on Thursday warned treasure-hunters that the Nazi “gold train” allegedly discovered in the country’s west is probably booby-trapped. Local media have for days been abuzz...
View ArticleBolt brought down by cameraman after crashing Gatlin for 200m gold
BEIJING: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt easily outstripped American rival Justin Gatlin to claim his fourth consecutive world 200m title on Thursday and complete a rousing sprint double in Beijing. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia executes Pakistani for drug trafficking
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. It brought to 128 the number of executions so far...
View ArticleMedical charity MSF takes legal action against makers of Bollywood film...
NEW DELHI, INDIA: International charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is taking legal action against the producers of Bollywood film ‘Phantom’, saying its misrepresentation of the medical group could...
View ArticleResham’s Swaarangi banned by Pakistan’s central censor board
KARACHI: Pakistani film Swaarangi which was all set to release on September 11 has been banned by Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). “A panel decided that the film can’t be screened...
View ArticleProtestor’s death fuels fresh tension in Modi’s home state
AHMEDABAD: A court in Gujarat ordered an inquiry on Friday into the death of a protestor in police custody, in a case that could further exacerbate tensions in the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
View ArticleArmy chief slams India’s ‘cowardly’ ceasefire violations
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Sialkot on Friday to inquire after those injured by the Indian firing at the working boundary in...
View ArticleAl Qaeda lashes 10 in Yemen for blasphemy, alcohol
ADEN: Al Qaeda militants in south-eastern Yemen have publicly flogged 10 men in a new sign of their growing control over the lawless region, witnesses and an official said on Friday. The men were...
View ArticleArmy chief praised Karachi for its ‘cleanliness’: Qaim Ali Shah
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said on Friday the army chief had praised the cleanliness in the city, Express News reported. “While attending a meeting, General Raheel Sharif said to me...
View ArticlePakistan summons Indian High Commissioner, lodges protest over ceasefire...
ISLAMABAD: After Indian shelling killed at least nine civilians on Friday, Pakistan summoned the Indian High Commissioner to the foreign office and lodged protest over the ceasefire violation at...
View ArticleGovernment to address PPP’s concerns over Dr Asim’s arrest, Pervaiz Rashid
A day after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) urged the government to respect the law and to adopt transparency in the way it is acting against the corrupt, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid...
View ArticleAnjem Chaudhry will be tried next year for inviting support for IS
Anjem Choudary, a radical Muslim preacher, will face a trial next year in January for allegedly garnering support for the banned Islamic State group, the BBC reported. Choudary, 48, was charged with...
View ArticlePentagon teams up with Apple, Boeing to develop wearable tech
CALIFORNIA: The Pentagon is teaming up with Apple, Boeing, Harvard and others to develop high-tech sensory gear flexible enough to be worn by people or molded onto the outside of a jet. The rapid...
View ArticleControlled explosions shake Kabul
KABUL: Two large explosions heard in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday were controlled blasts by deminers, the city’s deputy police chief said. Sayed Gul Agha Rohani told Reuters that police were...
View ArticleI’m protective about Shahid Kapoor: Alia Bhatt
At a recent event, B-Town actress Alia Bhatt came to the rescue of her Shaandaar co-star Shahid Kapoor when reporters started hurling personal questions at him. When the Bollywood heartthrob was asked...
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