Home-invasion killings, bombings kill nine in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Gunmen broke into the home of a government employee in a town north of Iraq's capital and killed him and his family, the deadliest in attacks Sunday that left nine dead across the country,...
View ArticleJapan diplomat stabbed in Yemen attack: embassy
SANAA: Assailants stabbed a Japanese diplomat repeatedly Sunday after dragging him out of his car in the Yemeni capital, scene of a spate of attacks on foreigners, the embassy and witnesses said.The...
View ArticleRenewed violence in Bangladesh claims ten lives
DHAKA: Ten more people were killed in Bangladesh Sunday after the execution of a top Islamist leader sparked riots and other protests, as the prime minister warned of a crackdown on the violence.Police...
View ArticleJUI-F bags highest number of seats; PkMAP, NP big winners
QUETTA, Dec 14: Balochistan’s election commissioner announced on Saturday that the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl clinched 964 seats, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 765, National Party 562 and the Pakistan...
View ArticleNelson Mandela laid to rest
QUNU, South Africa: Big guns fired a salute in the rural village where Nelson Mandela grew up and military servicemen marched stiffly behind his casket on a winding dirt road Sunday as South Africa...
View ArticlePemra chairman axed by president
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has accepted and signed the advice of the Prime Minister to terminate Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman Chaudhry Rashid Ahmad...
View ArticleNational security policy draft complete, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said that the government has worked out the country’s first three-pronged national security policy draft to curb terrorism and maintain...
View ArticleAnti-narcotics force to be set up in KP
PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will spend Rs500 million to raise anti-narcotics force in accordance with the 18th Amendment that also requires it to have its own narcotics interdiction law,...
View ArticleUkraine protesters return after EU halts talks
KIEV: Nearly 300,000 outraged Ukrainians braved freezing temperatures Sunday to demand closer Western integration after the European Union abruptly suspended historic partnership talks because of the...
View ArticleBilawal invites Sharif, Imran to Sindh festival
KARACHI, Dec 15: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari invited on Sunday all political rivals, including the prime minister, to an “apolitical” Sindh Festival to be held in February. “I invite the prime...
View Article22 dead as bus plunges off Philippine highway
MANILA: Twenty-two people were killed when a commuter bus plunged from an elevated highway onto a van in Philippine capital Manila on Monday, police said, warning the death toll could rise.Twenty of...
View ArticleFour Pakistanis arrested in Greece over migrants' kidnapping
ATHENS: Greek police have arrested four Pakistani citizens and are searching for three more for allegedly kidnapping 10 Syrian migrants and keeping them chained in a house for several days after...
View ArticlePML-N, PTI up the ante ahead of Punjab LG polls
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The PTI again hit out at leaders of the PML-N on Sunday for questioning its decision to hold a protest rally in Lahore on Dec 22 against an unprecedented increase in the cost of...
View ArticleYemen parliament bans drone attacks: news agency
SANAA: Yemen's parliament passed on Sunday a law banning drone strikes, Saba news agency said, days after one such attack reportedly hit a wedding motorcade and killed civilians.“Lawmakers have voted...
View ArticleShia cleric Allama Nasir Abbas shot dead in Lahore
LAHORE: Shia cleric Allama Nasir Abbas of Multan was shot dead by unidentified armed men on Sunday night. He belonged to the Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Fiqh Jafaria (TNFJ). He was going to his residence after...
View ArticlePunjab CMs set Pakistan, India agenda
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: If India-Pakistan talks appear to have hit the doldrums, the chief ministers of Punjab provinces on both sides would have none of it. They issued instead a joint statement on Sunday...
View ArticleNadra to be under ECP control for three months: Nisar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: In order to complete the process of verifying thumb impressions of voters in a transparent manner, the government has decided to place the National Database and Registration...
View ArticleBDU expert, two others killed in Peshawar explosion
PESHAWAR: A roadside remote-controlled bomb blast in Peshawar Monday killed three personnel of the bomb disposal unit (BDU) who were on their way to defuse another bomb elsewhere in the city, DawnNews...
View ArticleAt least 28 children among 76 killed by Syria 'barrel bombs'
BEIRUT: Regime air raids using barrel bombs on rebel-controlled areas of Syria's second city of Aleppo at the weekend killed at least 76 people, including 28 children, activists said on Monday.The...
View ArticleNato's Isaf Commander in Afghanistan arrives in Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) commander in Afghanistan General Joseph Dunford arrived in Pakistan from Kabul and met with Army Chief General Raheel Sharif during a...
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