Car bombings kill at least 33 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Officials say a wave of car bombs in Baghdad and areas to the south has killed at least 33 people. Police say all Tuesday's attacks were explosives-laden cars parked in or near commercial...
View ArticleTwo former PMs appear before court in Ogra case
ISLAMABAD: Two former prime ministers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government, Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf, appeared on Tuesday before an accountability court in Islamabad for...
View ArticleIndia court commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi killers
NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentences Tuesday for three killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, citing delays in the case 23 years after he was assassinated by a Tamil...
View ArticleCheckpost attack kills one security man in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: A soldier was killed in an attack by unknown militants on a security forces checkpost in South Waziristan tribal region, military sources told DawnNews on Tuesday.Unidentified militants...
View ArticleFrench aid agency staffer wounded in firing in Kohat
PESHAWAR: Gunman on a motorcycle fired on a vehicle being used by French aid organisation ACTED on Tuesday near Kohat, wounding the driver, police said.The attack took place at Jarma, a low-income...
View ArticleEight of a family killed in Lahore
LAHORE: Unknown assailants entered a house in Block E of Lahore's Johar town area and killed eight members of a family including women and children, DawnNews reported.The attackers managed to escape...
View ArticleMusharraf appears in court for treason case; not indicted
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted in the federal capital to try former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Mushharaf for treason charges adjourned its hearing until Feb 21, after the former...
View ArticleArmy major killed in militant attack near Peshawar
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A senior army officer was killed on Tuesday in an exchange of fire with militants, the military said, after peace negotiations between the government and Pakistani Taliban...
View Article‘Sami empowered by TTP to take decisions in peace talks’
NOWSHERA: Coordinator Taliban negotiating committee and JUI-S provincial chief in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Maulana Yousuf Shah on Tuesday said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has fully empowered...
View ArticleIran 'greatly concerned' by US sanctions talk, says Zarif
VIENNA: Talk of new US sanctions in recent months has created “a great deal of concern” in Iran on whether Washington is serious about a nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said...
View ArticleFO voices "concern” as Pakistan, Iran brawl over border guards
ISLAMABAD: Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran hit a new low Tuesday as Islamabad voiced “serious concern” over a warning by Tehran that it may send troops across the border to secure the...
View ArticleGovt committee expresses inability to carry forward peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the government's committee formed to hold talks with negotiators representing the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), during which the...
View ArticleKashmir trade to be resumed through another point
MUZAFFARABAD: In an air of distrust, officials from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) decided to resume intra-Kashmir trade from Chakothi-Uri crossing point from Thursday as police used batons...
View ArticleTTP claims it is serious about talks
MIRAMSHAH: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has claimed that it is serious about peace talks with the government.Talking to journalists on phone from an unspecified location, TTP spokesman...
View ArticleAt least 25 killed in Kiev clashes
KIEV: As thick black smoke rose from the barricades encircling the protest camp in central Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian president blamed opposition leaders for the deadly violence that erupted...
View ArticlePak, Iran for joint efforts against terrorism
QUETTA: Pakistani and Iranian officials held a meeting on Wednesday underlining the need to make coordinated efforts to curb the menace of terrorism. High level officials, from both sides, met to...
View ArticleTamil Nadu may release seven convicted in Rajiv assassination
The government of India’s Tamil Nadu state on Wednesday said it had decided to release seven convicted for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi assassination, including the three prisoners whose death...
View ArticleNabeel Gabol demands imposition of emergency in country
ISLAMABAD: MNA Nabeel Gabol, belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), brought forward the demand for the imposition of emergency in the country and termed those who talked of negotiating with...
View ArticleUN condemns bombing near Syria school that killed 18
BEIRUT: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA on Wednesday condemned a bomb attack near a school it operates in southern Syria that killed 18 people, including five children.UNRWA...
View ArticleSC seeks AG's reply over appointment of CEC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday sought a reply from Attorney General Suleman Aslam Butt (AG) by Mar 4 over the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), DawnNews...
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