Ukraine protesters seize president office; rival 'free under law'
KIEV: Embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has said he has no intention of resigning or leaving Ukraine, saying all decisions taken by parliament on Saturday were illegal.“The decisions they...
View ArticleNine killed as gunships strike militant hideouts in Hangu
HANGU: At least nine suspected militants were killed on Saturday when gunship helicopters pounded insurgent hideouts in Thall village in Hangu district, security officials said.“Gunship helicopters...
View ArticleCentre, provinces at loggerheads over resource share
ISLAMABAD: Confrontation is emerging on the new resource distribution formula as provinces are lobbying for an increase in funds given by the centre while the federal government wants them to share in...
View ArticleAl Qaeda group claims Lebanese army suicide attack
BEIRUT: An Al Qaeda linked group is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing against Lebanese soldiers that killed at least three people, the latest attack linked to the neighbouring Syrian war....
View ArticleTwo killed, 41 wounded in attack on Thai protest rally
BANGKOK: Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meet on Sunday hours after an attack on an anti-government rally killed two people and wounded 41, media said, raising...
View ArticleSamiul Haq appeals for immediate ceasefire
NOWSHERA/PESHAWAR: Chief of Taliban negotiation committee Maulana Samiul Haq has appealed to both the government and Taliban to announce ceasefire immediately. “It is the duty of the government not to...
View ArticleTaliban kills 20 Afghan soldiers, kidnaps seven: Official
ASADABAD: The Taliban stormed an Afghan army outpost in the eastern Kunar province bordering Pakistan early Sunday, killing 20 soldiers and kidnapping seven, an official said.The volatile border area...
View ArticleBangladeshi convicts escape after attack on prison van
DHAKA: Attackers on Sunday hurled bombs and opened fire at a prison van in northern Bangladesh, killing a policeman and freeing convicts from a banned Islamic outfit involved in 2005 mass bombings.Of...
View ArticleCar bomb in Syrian town kills nine
BEIRUT: At least nine people were killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday near a field hospital in the Syrian town of Atmeh near the border with Turkey, activists said.The hospital is owned by Ghassan...
View ArticleTaliban says it suspends talks on US soldier
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's Taliban says it has suspended ''mediation'' with the United States to exchange captive US soldier Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held in US custody in...
View ArticleAt least seven killed in Kohat blast, several wounded
KOHAT: An explosion on Hangu road near Police Lines area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat district on Sunday killed at least seven people and injured several others, DawnNews reported.Police official...
View ArticleLandmine blast kills woman in Dera Bugti, wounds seven
QUETTA: A landmine blast killed one woman and injured seven others in Balochistan's volatile Dera Bugti district on Sunday morning, officials said.A levies official who requested anonymity, as he was...
View ArticlePakistani jets kill 18 suspected militants in Tirah air raids
PESHAWAR: Pakistani fighter jets carried out air strikes early Sunday on suspected insurgent hideouts killing 18 suspected militants and injured many others in Tirah valley area of Pakistan’s restive...
View ArticleOpposition against move to bring Nacta under interior ministry
ISLAMABAD: The opposition has decided to block a move to transfer control of the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) from the prime minister to interior minister. Interior Minister Chaudhry...
View ArticlePTI ready to back army action
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has said that it will support the army operation if the Taliban refuse to announce an unconditional ceasefire. The announcement came at a peace procession organised...
View ArticleDefence talks with US begin today
WASHINGTON: Pakistan and the United States will hold military-to-military talks here on Monday against the backdrop of actions taken to destroy militant hideouts in Fata.Defence Secretary Asif Yasin...
View ArticleJapan to lift part of Fukushima evacuation order: official
TOKYO: Japan will lift an exclusion order on an area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, allowing some residents to return to live for the first time since the disaster, officials said...
View ArticleThai PM leaves Bangkok as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of anti-government protesters who have blocked parts of Bangkok for weeks, has left the city and is staying 150 kilometres away, her office...
View ArticleJudges' detention case: Musharraf granted appearance exemption
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted exemption to former military ruler General (r) Pervez Musharraf from appearing in court today for the hearing of the judges' detention case...
View ArticleFour killed in Karachi violence
KARACHI: Four people were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Monday. One person was killed due to firing in Orangi Town's Chishti Nagar. The deceased was said to...
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