Ukrainian forces reclaim port city from rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian government forces reclaimed the port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists in heavy fighting on Friday and said they had regained control of a long stretch of the border with...
View ArticleFiring reported across LoC; two injured
KOTLI: Mortar shells were allegedly fired by personnel from the Indian army on Friday in the Nakial and Hot Spring sectors of Azad Kashmir, DawnNews reported.Two casualties were reported in the...
View ArticleModerate earthquake hits southwestern Pakistan; no casualties
QUETTA: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan on Friday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The epicentre was in the city of Khuzdar, in...
View ArticlePresident of PML-N's Khuzdar city chapter gunned down
QUETTA: Haji Muhammad Alam Jattak, president of the Khuzdar city chapter of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), was shot dead in the early hours of Friday when unidentified gunmen riding a...
View ArticleJUI-F senator says govt failed to provide relief with budget
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Haji Ghulam Ali said that the government had failed to provide relief to common people in the recent budget, adding that the federal government...
View ArticleTribunal disqualifies JUI-F MPA, orders re-polling at Mansehra seat
ABBOTTABAD: An election tribunal on Friday disqualified Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) provincial lawmaker Zareen Gul Khan after it declared that polls had been rigged at his PK-58 Mansehra...
View ArticleUN vehicle reported snatched in Karachi
KARACHI: A double cabin vehicle of the United Nations was snatched in Karachi on Friday, whereas six people were reported injured in two separate incident in the city, DawnNews reported. Moreover, two...
View ArticleModi condemns Karachi airport attack in letter to Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Replying to a letter written by his Pakistani counterpart, Indian premier Narendra Modi on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Karachi airport. He expressed sorrow over the...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan empties out as foreign fighters flee
MIRAMSHAH: Some of the world's most feared militants are quietly slipping away from the North Waziristan tribal region in anticipation of a long-rumoured military operation, raising questions about the...
View Article'Hereditary politics threat to democracy in Pakistan'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA Shafqat Mahmood on Friday said that the isolated leadership of the ruling party and hereditary politics can be a threat to democracy while the electoral...
View ArticleUS will help but Iraq must mend divisions: Obama
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Friday that he is examining options short of sending ground troops to help Iraq counter a Sunni extremist offensive, but warned the country must heal its own...
View ArticleOver Rs1trillion budget announced in Punjab Assembly
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly's session for presentation of budget proposals for fiscal year 2014-2015 concluded on Friday while the total volume of the provincial budget is estimated to be at...
View ArticleCM Sindh announces Rs686bn provincial budget
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly's session for presentation of budget proposals for fiscal year 2014-2015 was under way here on Friday, DawnNews reported.The session was being chaired by Speaker Sindh...
View ArticleJudge delays verdict over Bangladesh new year bombings
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court Monday delayed its verdict against a group of militants accused of carrying out a 2001 bomb attack on the main Bengali New Year celebrations which killed 10 people.Nine of the...
View ArticlePAT, AML rallies making govt uneasy
RAWALPINDI: The local administration is keeping a close eye on the leaders and activists of two political parties that are set to hold separate rallies to Lahore against the PML-N government next...
View ArticleWest evacuates Iraq staff as US-Iran talks broached
BAGHDAD: Western embassies began evacuating staff from Baghdad Monday despite Iraq's claim it was repelling militants who have captured vast amounts of territory in a lightning offensive that has...
View ArticleSpain claims breaking up ring 'led by ex-Guantanamo prisoner'
MADRID: Spanish police arrested eight people in a pre-dawn raid in Madrid on Monday, breaking up a jihadist recruitment network led by a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, the government said.The cell found...
View ArticleIndian minister says no talks amid ceasefire violations
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have felt encouraged by his recent meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but New Delhi made it clear on Sunday that there could be no progress in...
View ArticleZarb-e-Azb: Balochistan braces for operation’s fallout
QUETTA: Like other major cities in the country, security was beefed up in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan on Sunday, in view of the possibility of terrorist attacks in retaliation for military...
View ArticleOperation Zarb-i-Azb: Sindh ready to face terrorist backlash
KARACHI: The Sindh government said on Sunday that it had done its home work to face any possible backlash from the militants and stop free flow of internally displaced people or militants in their...
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