Crimean parliament asks to join Russia
SIMFEROPO: The local parliament in Crimea took another step towards seceding from Ukraine on Thursday, asking to become part of Russia as EU leaders held an emergency summit to deal with the worst...
View ArticleMusharraf's lawyer files appeal against military court decision
ISLAMABAD: A counsel for former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Anwar Mansoor, on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the decision of the special court...
View ArticleBomb attack injures political agent, two others in Hangu
HANGU: A remote-controlled explosion struck the convoy of a political administration officer in Hangu Thursday, leaving him and two others injured, DawnNews reported.Farid Khan, the SHO at Thal police...
View ArticleIslamabad judge was killed by own guard, Nisar tells NA
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has revealed that late additional district and sessions judge Rafaqat Ahmed Khan Awan was inadvertently killed by his own guard and not by the...
View ArticleArmy top brass to discuss halting of strikes against TTP: sources
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army’s Corps Commanders are meeting on Friday to discuss internal security of the country with particular reference to halting of its surgical strikes against Taliban hideouts in...
View ArticleSedition charges dropped against ‘cheering’ Kashmiri students
SRINAGAR: Sedition charges against dozens of Muslim students from the disputed Indian territory of Kashmir, who were expelled from their university because they cheered for the Pakistani cricket team...
View ArticleGovt to enter into direct talks with Taliban next week
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday announced the government was setting up a state committee to hold direct talks with the Taliban next week in a bid to...
View ArticleJudges’ detention case: ATC adjourns hearing to March 21
ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad, which was hearing the judges’ detention case against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, adjourned the matter to March 21 after...
View ArticleBombings, clashes in Iraq kill at least 42
BAGHDAD: Bombings targeting shoppers across central Iraq and clashes near the militant-held city of Fallujah killed at least 42 people Thursday, authorities said.No one claimed responsibility for the...
View ArticleIran says Israel fabricated Gaza weapons claim
JAKARTA: Iran's foreign minister on Friday sharply rejected an Israeli allegation that Tehran tried to ship missiles to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, calling it a “lie”.Israel has said it captured a...
View ArticleMalaysian couple to hang for starving Indonesian maid to death
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian couple was sentenced to hang for starving their Indonesian maid to death, a defence lawyer said Friday, in the latest shocking case to spotlight abuse of domestic helpers in...
View ArticleBomb defused in Karachi's Orangi Town
KARACHI: A bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) early on Friday in the Orangi Town area of Karachi, DawnNews reported.According to BDS, a call was received from the MPR Colony on the...
View ArticleThree killed, 10 injured in coach-oil tanker collision in Kohat
KOHAT: At least three people, including two women, were killed and 10 others were injured Friday in a passenger coach-oil tanker collision on Pindi Road in Kohat, DawnNews reported.The collision took...
View ArticleArmy to be blamed if talks fail, says Shah
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Friday said the military would be blamed if the government's talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
View ArticleSpecial court rejects Musharraf's objections in detailed verdict
ISLAMABAD: Judges of the special court constituted to try former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf for treason on Friday rejected the objections raised by the former president's legal...
View ArticleGas leak sickens sailors at India dockyard; one killed
NEW DELHI: An Indian navy officer died and some other workers have been sickened Friday by a gas leak in a ship being built in the Mumbai dockyard. The state-owned Mazagon Dock Limited said in a...
View ArticleMotorcycle bomb at market kills five in Afghanistan: official
KANDAHAR: An Afghan provincial official says a motorcycle bomb was remotely detonated on Friday in a crowded market in the country's south, killing five people and wounding eight.Omar Zawaq, the...
View ArticleIndia's top court rejects another Sahara bid to release chief
NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court on Friday rejected another proposal by the Sahara conglomerate to secure the release of its jailed chairman by refunding billions of dollars the company had raised from...
View ArticleViolence kills seven in Iraq's Fallujah
BAGHDAD: Shelling in Iraq's city of Fallujah, held by anti-government fighters for more than two months, and a shooting targeting a local official killed seven people on Friday, police and doctors...
View ArticlePakistan formulating cyber security strategy
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that a cyber security strategy was being devised to counter cyber attacks or infiltration from other countries.Minister of State for Interior Balighur...
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